Create HFS+ Partition on Existing NTFS Drive
I have a 2TB hard drive which has been formatted to be NTFS. I have my Windows 10 machine backed up to it.
I also have a Mac which I would like to back up to it, but I do not want to delete the existing Windows data.
I have created a free space partition in windows using Computer Management -> Disk Management. I now see one Primary Partition which is 1120 GB, and a 732G Unallocated space.
How can I make this Unallocated space become an HFS+ partition?
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I have a 2TB hard drive which has been formatted to be NTFS. I have my Windows 10 machine backed up to it.
I also have a Mac which I would like to back up to it, but I do not want to delete the existing Windows data.
I have created a free space partition in windows using Computer Management -> Disk Management. I now see one Primary Partition which is 1120 GB, and a 732G Unallocated space.
How can I make this Unallocated space become an HFS+ partition?
macos hard-drive windows-10 partitioning hfs+
edited Jan 30 '16 at 21:53
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I have a 2TB hard drive which has been formatted to be NTFS. I have my Windows 10 machine backed up to it.
I also have a Mac which I would like to back up to it, but I do not want to delete the existing Windows data.
I have created a free space partition in windows using Computer Management -> Disk Management. I now see one Primary Partition which is 1120 GB, and a 732G Unallocated space.
How can I make this Unallocated space become an HFS+ partition?
macos hard-drive windows-10 partitioning hfs+
edited Jan 30 '16 at 21:53
Pimp Juice IT
22.9k113869
asked Jan 30 '16 at 21:18
John D.
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I have a 2TB hard drive which has been formatted to be NTFS. I have my Windows 10 machine backed up to it.
I also have a Mac which I would like to back up to it, but I do not want to delete the existing Windows data.
I have created a free space partition in windows using Computer Management -> Disk Management. I now see one Primary Partition which is 1120 GB, and a 732G Unallocated space.
How can I make this Unallocated space become an HFS+ partition?
macos hard-drive windows-10 partitioning hfs+
macos hard-drive windows-10 partitioning hfs+
edited Jan 30 '16 at 21:53
Pimp Juice IT
22.9k113869
asked Jan 30 '16 at 21:18
John D.
1033
edited Jan 30 '16 at 21:53
Pimp Juice IT
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asked Jan 30 '16 at 21:18
John D.
1033
edited Jan 30 '16 at 21:53
Pimp Juice IT
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edited Jan 30 '16 at 21:53
Pimp Juice IT
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edited Jan 30 '16 at 21:53
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asked Jan 30 '16 at 21:18
John D.
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This is a very simple do as you've already done most of the work.
All you need now, is a Partition Manager that support formatting HFS. Google for it or start with this list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disk_partitioning_software
Some things off the top of my head:
MacDrive and TransMac. Both have limited time evaluation trials.
Live CD of GParted, has HFS support.
And there are several other Partition/ Disk Management tools out there that will do it.
PS: It may also be possible to do it via the native disk/ partition tools on the OS, but probably harder.
answered Jan 31 '16 at 10:47
Alex S
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Tho this post is 2 years old, I came across this as I was needing to do the same. Another way is to shrink your existing NTFS external drive, creating a second unallocated partition. Then name the volume, give it a drive letter (F:, G: etc...) and simple format it (again as NTFS) using the Windows 10 disk management utility. Connect the drive to the Mac and load Time Machine. Select that drive as the backup device and Time Machine will ask to use it and Erase it. Of course there are no files on it as it is just a new partition. Time Machine will automatically format it to NFS+ (OS extended journaled) to use as a backup device. All done.
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This is a very simple do as you've already done most of the work.
All you need now, is a Partition Manager that support formatting HFS. Google for it or start with this list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disk_partitioning_software
Some things off the top of my head:
MacDrive and TransMac. Both have limited time evaluation trials.
Live CD of GParted, has HFS support.
And there are several other Partition/ Disk Management tools out there that will do it.
PS: It may also be possible to do it via the native disk/ partition tools on the OS, but probably harder.
answered Jan 31 '16 at 10:47
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This is a very simple do as you've already done most of the work.
All you need now, is a Partition Manager that support formatting HFS. Google for it or start with this list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disk_partitioning_software
Some things off the top of my head:
MacDrive and TransMac. Both have limited time evaluation trials.
Live CD of GParted, has HFS support.
And there are several other Partition/ Disk Management tools out there that will do it.
PS: It may also be possible to do it via the native disk/ partition tools on the OS, but probably harder.
answered Jan 31 '16 at 10:47
Alex S
5771630
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This is a very simple do as you've already done most of the work.
All you need now, is a Partition Manager that support formatting HFS. Google for it or start with this list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disk_partitioning_software
Some things off the top of my head:
MacDrive and TransMac. Both have limited time evaluation trials.
Live CD of GParted, has HFS support.
And there are several other Partition/ Disk Management tools out there that will do it.
PS: It may also be possible to do it via the native disk/ partition tools on the OS, but probably harder.
answered Jan 31 '16 at 10:47
Alex S
5771630
This is a very simple do as you've already done most of the work.
All you need now, is a Partition Manager that support formatting HFS. Google for it or start with this list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disk_partitioning_software
Some things off the top of my head:
MacDrive and TransMac. Both have limited time evaluation trials.
Live CD of GParted, has HFS support.
And there are several other Partition/ Disk Management tools out there that will do it.
PS: It may also be possible to do it via the native disk/ partition tools on the OS, but probably harder.
answered Jan 31 '16 at 10:47
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answered Jan 31 '16 at 10:47
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Tho this post is 2 years old, I came across this as I was needing to do the same. Another way is to shrink your existing NTFS external drive, creating a second unallocated partition. Then name the volume, give it a drive letter (F:, G: etc...) and simple format it (again as NTFS) using the Windows 10 disk management utility. Connect the drive to the Mac and load Time Machine. Select that drive as the backup device and Time Machine will ask to use it and Erase it. Of course there are no files on it as it is just a new partition. Time Machine will automatically format it to NFS+ (OS extended journaled) to use as a backup device. All done.
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Tho this post is 2 years old, I came across this as I was needing to do the same. Another way is to shrink your existing NTFS external drive, creating a second unallocated partition. Then name the volume, give it a drive letter (F:, G: etc...) and simple format it (again as NTFS) using the Windows 10 disk management utility. Connect the drive to the Mac and load Time Machine. Select that drive as the backup device and Time Machine will ask to use it and Erase it. Of course there are no files on it as it is just a new partition. Time Machine will automatically format it to NFS+ (OS extended journaled) to use as a backup device. All done.
answered Dec 10 at 0:06
Apple
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Tho this post is 2 years old, I came across this as I was needing to do the same. Another way is to shrink your existing NTFS external drive, creating a second unallocated partition. Then name the volume, give it a drive letter (F:, G: etc...) and simple format it (again as NTFS) using the Windows 10 disk management utility. Connect the drive to the Mac and load Time Machine. Select that drive as the backup device and Time Machine will ask to use it and Erase it. Of course there are no files on it as it is just a new partition. Time Machine will automatically format it to NFS+ (OS extended journaled) to use as a backup device. All done.
answered Dec 10 at 0:06
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Tho this post is 2 years old, I came across this as I was needing to do the same. Another way is to shrink your existing NTFS external drive, creating a second unallocated partition. Then name the volume, give it a drive letter (F:, G: etc...) and simple format it (again as NTFS) using the Windows 10 disk management utility. Connect the drive to the Mac and load Time Machine. Select that drive as the backup device and Time Machine will ask to use it and Erase it. Of course there are no files on it as it is just a new partition. Time Machine will automatically format it to NFS+ (OS extended journaled) to use as a backup device. All done.
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