How can I partition my external drive? (Time Machine)

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• Drive mapping: How can I get my external drive be mapped to F: (as he was once) rather than g: which is what happens when I turn on now.

  How can I get my external drive be mapped to F: (as he was once) rather than g: which is what happens when I turn on now.  I tried to unplug and power, reboot etc.  There is no F: drive connected to the computer.

  Go to start / Control Panel / administrative tools / computer management / "disk management and select external reader by clicking on it and then right-click on it and select change drive letter and paths."  It should show the letter currently assigned (G I guess).  Click the button change.  To the right will be a drop of drive letters box.  Go ahead and select F and click on OK.  That should do it. If F is not available, then it is used by the system for something else.  Check disk management to see if you can find it.  If it is not, and is not available in the list, I'm afraid, you will not be able to change until find you what is using drive letter F and remove it, or change it to something else.

  I hope this helps.  If this isn't the case, after return and we will try to understand what is using F or why it is not available.

  Good luck!

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• How can I activate my external drive 1 TB USB drive a bootable (whose BIOS is configured to it first?)

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• How can I recover the mailbox of time machine operating system reinstallation

  I recently had a hard drive replaced on my MacBook Air to 2014.

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  Go to Finder and select your user folder. With this Finder window as the windshield, select Finder/display/display options for presenting or order - J.  When the display options opens, check "show the library folder. This should make your visible user library folder in your user folder.  Select Library/Mail. Enter Time Machine.

• How can I retrieve my calendar with Time Machine?

  I managed to loose all my appointments in the calendar. I had set it up on my Mac and also on iCloud, but somehow, I lost the Mac calendar completely and all my appointments since the iCloud version.

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• How can I partition my hard drive for dual boot Windows 7 and Windows XP?

  I installed Windows 7.  How do I get a partition or virtual hard disk the hardrive and then install a different OS, so that I can dual-boot between 7 and XP?

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• I have my time capsule for base station; How do I set up just for Time Machine?

  For several years, I have used Time Capsule as a wireless base station more backup Time Machine. I back up a Macbook Air (single user) and iMac with 2 users (two computers running on OS X 11.5). With Comcast Xfinity I need is more like a base station. In fact, I reset my router Xfinity name and password to replicate what was the name and the password to my Time Capsule network. But, now that it's done I can't understand of set up time capsule without set it up as a base station. The installation guide seems to suggest that I could do so by plugging the ethernet cable from the modem to an ethernet port which is not the WAN port. But this configuration did not work. The installation wizard only took me the steps to set up a wireless network. How can I simply we it with Time Machine as an external hard drive?

  The installation wizard only took me the steps to set up a wireless network. How can I simply we it with Time Machine as an external hard drive?

  Simply turn off the time Capsule wireless.

  To do... Open AirPort Utility, click on the Time Capsule, then click on modify in the window that appears

  Click on the Wireless tab at the top of the next window

  Change the setting for the Mode of network on 'Off '.

  Click Update to save the changes

  

  But... and this is a big BUT... This work of pourrait ... and maybe not. Even if the backup on the Comcast network seems to be working, there will be no help from Apple in case of questions or problems of backup.

  The reason is that, so that your Time Machine backups be supported officially by Apple, users must save on the Time Capsule wireless, or connect their Mac (s) directly to one of the three ports LAN <>- on the Time Capsule using a wired Ethernet cable connection.

  If you decide to try the method of failure to load, please let us know how things work after a few days.

• Is it safe to remove files from my macbook air now that I have set up my time capsule and backed up with time machine? My boot drive is full. How can I access files of my time capsule once they are deleted from my computer?

  Is it safe to remove files from my macbook air now that I have set up my time capsule and backed up with time machine? My boot drive is full. How can I access files of my time capsule once they are deleted from my computer?

  1 n ° put them on a regular external drive and the value of Time Machine to back up as well; the files you want to keep should be at least two disks in case one of them goes down.

  2. they will not be usable until the restoration.

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• Can't resize external backup Time Machine in the hard disk partition

  I have a Seagate Expansion to drive 3 that I use for storing files as well and Time Machine. Initially when I set up the drive, I allocated 350GB for the partition that I use with Time Machine.

  I use a 256GB MacBook Pro and Time Machine is now advising me constantly backup capsule is short of space. I have 2 questions:

  1. Disk utility does not allow me to resize the partition of Time Machine (I can only reduce the size using resize controls). Also, I can't delete the partition, because the minutes signed is grayed out (see screenshot) - However, I am able to erase this partition. What can I do to resize (and expand) this partition, or delete it and create a larger partition for use with Time Machine?
  2. What is the best size to send to the Time Machine partition in order to keep my Mac saved 256 GB?

  Thanks in advance!

  A drive that is mounted or shared may present as "Busy" that could prevent resizing.

  Try to disassemble the disc (with the assembly/disassembly button in disk utility) and see if it works better. Then mount it again before leaving the disk utility, or do a reboot to mount again.

• How can I get my external cd drive to work on my hp ultrabook

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  In addition to the above, you will need to also go into the BIOS and turn on legacy Mode in order to boot from another device, but the hard drive with Windows 8.

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• I had an old iMac and had 2 external drives attached to it.  I got a new iMac and now can not plug old external drives were firewire 400

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• iMac 10.4 - utility disk erasing option is grayed out. How can I erase my hard drive?

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  I have an iMac 10.4 - utility option in the disk, the delete option is greyed out. How can I erase my hard drive?

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  What is your boot volume? If so, you will not be able to.

  It is an external hard drive?

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• How can I get a boot drive for windows vista

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  Hello

  Here's how to do a startup, vista etc disc repair

  It is NOT a reinstall drive

  the link below is how to download and get a vista disk startup repair, which you can start from the

  http://NeoSmart.net/blog/2008/Windows-Vista-recovery-disc-download/

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  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial148.html

  to boot from the dvd drive to be able to you will see a way to get into the bios Setup at the bottom of the screen or command menu start

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  Change boot order it do dvd drive 1st in the boot order

  http://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/change-boot-order-XP-Vista/

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  Contact the computer manufacturer and ask them to send you to vista recovery disks to reinstall the operating system back as it was when you bought it

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  also ask them if you have a recovery partition on your hard drive to get back to the way you bought

  you would normally press F8, F9, F10 or F11 or Alt + F10 or 0 to start to start the recovery process according to the manufacturer

  Ask them of the exact key sequence

  or borrow a vista microsoft dvd; not a HP, Acer recovery disk etc

  Make sure that you borrow the correct 32-bit or 64-bit microsoft dvd to your computer

  they contain all versions of vista

  This is the product key that determines which version of vista is installed

  http://www.theeldergeek.com/Vista/vista_clean_installation.html

  How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326246

• Disk management: How can I extend my C: drive

  I want to thank my c: drive.  I guess I made the mistake of creating multiple partitions for music:, films: and pictures:.  Should have only 1 car and several folders, right.  Now, how can I extend my c: drive to the full capacity of my hard disk?

  Hello

  Remember to BACKUP! multiples by using several methods.

  How to resize a partition on Windows Vista
  http://www.vistarewired.com/2007/02/16/how-to-resize-a-partition-in-Windows-Vista
  How to remove and extend a Partition with Vista disk management
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/95418-disk-management-delete-extend.html

  How to remove a partition on your hard drive?
  http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_remove_a_partition_on_your_hard_drive

  Change or resize Partition (NTFS, FAT or FAT32) size in Windows Vista
  http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/11/27/change-or-resize-partition-NTFS-FAT-or-FAT32-size-in-Windows-Vista/

  How to resize, extend, reduce, remove, Merge Partitions in Vista.
  http://www.WinVistaClub.com/T11.html

  I hope this helps.
  Rob - bicycle - Mark Twain said it is good.

• Can't partition my hard drive!

  Please help - I can't partition my hard drive, I got to disk management computer management and when I try to reduce my C drive it tell the size of available shrink space 0MB id... and my brother has exactly the same laptop with less free space and it can partition sound... Please help

  Hello

  They should tell you all you need to know.

  How to make a partition in Windows Vista
  http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=0iWEWysI6jY

  How to cut and create a Partition with Vista disk management
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/95398-disk-management-shrink-partition.html

  Create and format a hard disk partition
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/fr-FR/Windows-Vista/create-and-format-a-hard-disk-partition

  How Partition in Windows Vista (extend and shrink)?
  http://www.LyteByte.com/2007/02/19/how-to-partition-in-Windows-Vista-extend-and-shrink/

  How to resize a partition on Windows Vista
  http://www.vistarewired.com/2007/02/16/how-to-resize-a-partition-in-Windows-Vista
  How to remove and extend a Partition with Vista disk management
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/95418-disk-management-delete-extend.html

  How to remove a partition on your hard drive?
  http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_remove_a_partition_on_your_hard_drive

  Change or resize Partition (NTFS, FAT or FAT32) size in Windows Vista
  http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/11/27/change-or-resize-partition-NTFS-FAT-or-FAT32-size-in-Windows-Vista/

  How to resize, extend, reduce, remove, Merge Partitions in Vista.
  http://www.WinVistaClub.com/T11.html

  I hope this helps.
  Rob - bicycle - Mark Twain said it is good.