Lecter
10-31-2007, 01:12 PM
Anyone trying to use Time Machine with a previously PC-formatted drive might experience issues.
The solution is to create new partitions. Do not head to the Erase tab in Disk Utility to prep a PC-formatted drive for Time Machine. Instead:
• Go to the Partition tab. Create two partitions. Under Options, select GUID Partition Table (what you would use to make a Mac OS boot disk) and click OK, then Apply.
• Once your partitions are in place, do it again, reverting back to just one partition, but still keeping the GUID Partition Table option. Click OK and Apply again, and at this point you should be cool.
• To be safe, you can then go to Erase and set formatting for Mac OS Extended (Journaled), then format it once and for all. But when you get there, you will probably see that your volume is already formatted in the right way.
Note — Some people have gotten this to work without creating two partitions. If you like, try creating just a single partition, but using the GUID Partition Table option.
The solution is to create new partitions. Do not head to the Erase tab in Disk Utility to prep a PC-formatted drive for Time Machine. Instead:
• Go to the Partition tab. Create two partitions. Under Options, select GUID Partition Table (what you would use to make a Mac OS boot disk) and click OK, then Apply.
• Once your partitions are in place, do it again, reverting back to just one partition, but still keeping the GUID Partition Table option. Click OK and Apply again, and at this point you should be cool.
• To be safe, you can then go to Erase and set formatting for Mac OS Extended (Journaled), then format it once and for all. But when you get there, you will probably see that your volume is already formatted in the right way.
Note — Some people have gotten this to work without creating two partitions. If you like, try creating just a single partition, but using the GUID Partition Table option.