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  1. December 7th, 2011, 05:10 PM #1
    Bill in SD, CA
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    Partitioning ? on external 1.5 TB Seagate drive

     
    Is it normal to partition an external HDD? Just got a 1.5 TB Seagate GoFlex external desk drive. My main use plan is to use it as a media drive for network streaming movies to TV. Will have a lot of DVD concerts, movies, ISOs, pics, etc. Maybe some backup files as well.

    i'm thinking 'no need' but thought I'd check first.

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    Sure. I did mine when I had to dump something I was afraid might mess up my backups.

    Mine is a Seagate 1.5T.

    I used partition magic. It's owned by someone else now, but it's the same old PM, and still free.
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    Partitions are designed to help YOU find/organize Your files.
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