Russell, You might also like to consider iPartition, I've been using it for a few years now without problem, it's made by a local company based in Fareham.
<http://www.coriolis-systems.com> A demo is available. The only caveat is that it is not compatible with Drobo storage units. Paul Owen > From: Russell Brown <drbrown1...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: <smug@googlegroups.com> > Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:03:45 +0000 > To: <smug@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [sussex_mug] Maintaining time machine backup > > A related question to my last one. > > I now have an upgraded MacBook hdd (500GB, thank you Sam) and a 1.5 TB > ext HDD for back ups which temporarily will also have a clonable copy > until I can get round to getting a suitable extra hdd for the clone. > > Which leaves me with a partitioned 500GB HDD which is currently home > to TM backups for both iMac and MacBook. (it was partitioned and up > and running before I reslused partitioning was unnecessary) > > I would like to unpartition the current backup drive whilst > maintaining the TM files. I assume Disk Utility would sort the > partitions but would wipe the drive? If that is the case, can I just > copy the back up files to the new 1.5tb drive, reformat the old one > and copy the iMac files back again, thus having a permanent connection > with the iMac? > > Will the iMac then recognise the files as belonging to it? > > The same process then could be used for the MacBook TM files except I > wouldn't have to copy them back over of course. Again, does TM > automatically recognise the files as being for the MacBook? > > Thanks for any comments > > > Russell > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Manor Park Medical Centre > www.manorparksurgery.com > Tel 01323482301 > East Sussex Local Medical Committee (Chair) > www.lmcs.info/ > Tel 01372389271 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Have your say about NHS market reforms > > Visit www.lookafterournhs.org.uk > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to s...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > >
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