If, for example, the file system of a system partition is damaged (by a virus or bad sectors in the hard drive), there’s a good chance that the data on a separate partition can be saved. It’s beneficial to your system’s data security that partitions operate as autonomous units. One partition can then be used for the operating system (system partition) and another for larger sets of data (data partition).
But in terms of data security, it’s better to use multiple partitions. This is not uncommon for new notebooks in factory condition. It’s possible to accommodate an operating system and all files with a single partition. With a so-called “extended partition”, you can exceed the limit of a storage device with Master Boot Record, which normally only allows four primary partitions. Partitions can also be used to install several operating systems for a multi-boot system. A so-called primary partition is the logical part of a hard drive which an operating system can be booted from. Partitions can take on various roles in a desktop system. Modern hard drives can be partitioned one or more times. Each of these sections then contains related and consecutive data blocks.
Whereas formatting a storage device involves equipping it with a file system like FAT 32 or NTFS, partitioning a hard drive involves dividing it into different sections. I know the bootcamp.vmdk is already created, but I'm failing to find a way to remove the attachment, so that I could start over.Īny suggestions? Attachments Terminal.png (49.57 KiB) Viewed 476 times Drives - Partitions.png (42.53 KiB) Viewed 476 times Sethmex85 Posts: 1 Joined: 9.Partitioning a hard drive shouldn’t be confused with formatting a hard drive. I even tried to apply the respective commands with "3" in the terminal, but "VERR_ALREADY_EXISTS" popped up (see attached Terminal). I already have 2 partitions (for SSD/Mac and Windows) set up on the disk utility.
Reading through the comments under the video, I came to realize that I naively used partition "4" (in your video) and didn't bother to check my window partition number (which turns out to be 3). Seems like the window partition drive isn't appearing (and none of the drive's are formattable except Drive 0 Partition 1). I've been trying to follow the steps in this video "Install Windows on Mac without Boot Camp Assistant " on youtube and I'm stuck on the part where I'm asked to select a drive partition for installation (see attached Drives/Partitions).
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