Hi Wilton; The problem was that you made the smaller partition as large as the 'used' space on the 80G internal HD --- You forgot about things 'growing' over time. IF you had made the partition 80GB to start with, you would have been O.K.
Chuck D. On Nov 4, 2008, at 7:56 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote: > Hello, > > I bought a 259GB external disk to use for backing up my internal > 80GB HD on my eMac, which is using OS 10.5.5. One of my friends on > the email circuit recommended that I divide the disk into two > partitions, one the same size as my internal HD ( 80GB ) and the > other what was left. They said I should connect the larger one to > the Time Machine so it will be constantly up to date. I should > backup the smaller one every month or so to bring it up to date. > Imagine my surprise today when I switched to the smaller backup > partition and got a message that I needed 42.4 GB and I only had > 41.5GB, so I couldn't backup. > Any suggestions? > Thanks > > Wilton > Wilton Shaw > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
