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Reformat with Partitions
‘Partitioning’ a hard drive is the process of dividing a hard drive into separate,
discrete sections called ‘volumes’. Each volume works like a separate disk. You can
create up to 16 dierent partitions on a hard drive in OS X and each partition can
be a dierent size and format.
With hard drives getting bigger, it is useful to partition your hard drive so sections of its
space can be used for dierent purposes. For instance, segment user data from backup
data, set up a multi-boot environment with dierent Operating Systems or create a
dedicated capture scratch disk for programs like Final Cut Pro.
The following steps will guide you through this simple process of partitioning your
drive. In this example, we will partition a 4TB G-RAID connected via USB 3.0.The steps will be
identical for your drive, only the name may be dierent.
1. First, open the Disk Utility program. This application is located on your hard drive un-
der Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. The window below will appear. Your
G-Technology drive will be displayed in the left-hand column.