On Nov 5, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Charles Davis wrote:
>
> 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]
>>
>> I made the smaller portion a full 80 GB. The used area is 38.53 GB
>> and the free area is 41.47 GB, which adds up to 80 GB. The message
>> I got said I needed 42.4 so the Time Machine wouldn't work. I think
>> 41.47 GB is plenty of space to make a few upgrades.
Wilton
>>
>
>
> >
Wilton Shaw
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