对硬盘进行分区可能是一项令人沮丧和艰巨的任务。但是，一旦您了解了该过程的工作原理，它就不那么可怕了。那么为什么要对驱动器进行分区呢？
在我上大学的时候，和许多其他学生一样，我有一台 MacBook Pro(MacBook Pro)，因为它易于使用且具有极简美学。没想到学校需要的一些应用程序与Mac不兼容。那是我考虑分区我的驱动器以便我可以在 Mac 上运行 Wi ndows 的时候。(run Wi)
此外，我有一个外部硬盘驱动器，我也希望能够同时使用OS X和Windows。在本文中，我将引导您完成在Mac(Mac)上对内部和外部硬盘进行分区的步骤。
在开始之前，您应该确保使用Time Machine备份(backup)您的整个Mac计算机。即使您没有搞砸任何事情，操作系统也很有可能会搞砸并破坏您的系统。
分区外部驱动器
如果您有一个大型外部硬盘驱动器，则可以轻松对其进行分区，以便利用整个驱动器。我在Mac上使用了 1.5 TB 外置驱动器，但从未真正使用超过 1/4 的空间。
相反，这就是我最终对驱动器进行分区的方式，这最终使它变得更加有用：
- 33%：Mac（额外存储）– 500GB
- 33%：Mac（时间机器备份(Time Machine Backup)）– 500GB
- 33%：Windows（额外存储(Extra Storage)和备份(Backup)可以在同一个分区上）– 500GB
如您所见，每个分区都可以有自己的文件格式。如果您有更大的驱动器，您可以为其他操作系统（如Linux等）创建更多分区。
要对驱动器进行分区，请转到MacBook 屏幕(MacBook Screen)（通知栏(Notification Bar)）顶部的Spotlight并输入Disk Utility。
在左侧，导航到显示EXTERNAL的选项卡。
你的看起来和我的有点不同。在左侧的外部标题下，您应该有一个硬盘驱动器而不是 3 个（我已经分区了我的）。(External)导航(Navigate)到该外部硬盘驱动器并根据您的需要对其进行分区。
注意：如果您的外置硬盘未针对 Mac 操作系统进行格式化，您可能需要先对其进行初始化，然后再将其擦除。这很容易：(NOTE: If your external hard drive is not formatted for the Mac operating system, you may first need to Initialize it and then Erase it. It’s very easy:)
- 在左侧的外部选项卡下，选择您要使用的驱动器。
- 然后选择顶部的擦除选项(Erase)
- 在那里，给它一个名称并将其格式化为Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
- 对于Scheme，您可以从GUID、MBR或Apple中进行选择。如果您只是将驱动器用于存储，那么选择哪一个并不重要。但是，如果您打算从驱动器启动，您应该为Windows和Linux选择(Linux)MBR，为OS X选择(OS X)GUID。如果您打算将驱动器用于Boot Camp，您还应该选择GUID。
请注意，您还可以单击安全选项(Security Options)并从不同的安全级别中进行选择。默认情况下，OS X将使用最快的方法，它不会安全地擦除驱动器。如果将滑块移动到最安全(Most Secure)，它将符合DOD标准，通过覆盖数据 7 次擦除数据。这将阻止任何人或任何软件从驱动器中恢复任何先前写入的数据。
OS X可能会询问您是否要将驱动器用于Time Machine备份，但您应该选择稍后决定(Decide Later)，除非您想使用整个驱动器进行备份。现在您已准备好对外部驱动器进行分区！
转到顶部有以下选项：First Aid、Partition、Erase、Restore、Mount等。选择Partition并根据您的特定需求创建分区。就我而言，我选择了 500 GB 的大小，这是驱动器的三分之一。
选择您希望如何对驱动器进行分区（参考我的百分比，因为这是我在此处的屏幕截图中使用的），选择Apply，然后单击Partition。在此之后，将需要几分钟来分区，所以请耐心等待！
完成后应该会看到驱动器旁边的绿色复选标记，并且应该显示Operation Success( Operation Successful)。现在选择完成(Done)，您就完成了第一个分区。
现在要对其余空间进行分区，您将单击External下的Untitled，然后再次单击Partition。
给分区命名，选择大小并选择格式。由于这将用于Windows存储，因此我选择了MS-DOS (FAT)。如果您愿意，您也可以选择exFAT，因为它与Windows和Mac兼容。
分区内部驱动器
就您必须遵循的程序而言，对内部硬盘驱动器进行分区几乎相同，但它的实施方式略有不同。
由于您已经在内部驱动器上安装了OS X，因此当您单击分区(Partition)并选择大小时，您会注意到无法创建小于驱动器上已使用空间量的分区。
我的内部驱动器已经使用了 359GB 的空间，所以当我输入 200GB 时，它会自动将其更改为 359GB 并显示一条消息，指出无法删除第一个卷并且无法拆分该卷，因为生成的卷太小的。
所以如果你想创建一个额外的分区，首先是创建一个包含OS X的分区，并为你提供一些额外的空间来安装程序等。下面，我将名称保留为Macintosh HD，并将分区设置为 500GB。这意味着安装OS X的分区有大约 140GB 的额外数据空间。
基本上，我们只是缩小了原来的分区，它占用了整个磁盘到更小的东西。然后我们将根据需要对可用空间进行分区。
如您所见，我将原始分区设置为 500GB 而不是 1TB，这样可以腾出 500GB 的磁盘空间用于创建其他分区。与外部硬盘驱动器一样，创建分区后，单击Untitled，但这次在Internal标题下并单击Partition。
这基本上就是在OS X 中对驱动器进行分区的全部内容。希望(OS X. Hopefully)它对您有用。享受！
How to Partition an External or Internal Hard Drive in OS X
Рartitioning your hard drive can be a frustrating and daunting task. However, once you understand how the process works, it’s a lot less scary. So why would you want to pаrtition a drive?
Back when I was in college, like many other students, I had a MacBook Pro for ease of use and its minimalist aesthetic. I didn’t think about the fact that some applications that I needed for school were not compatible with Mac. That is when I thought about partitioning my drive so that I could run Windows on Mac.
In addition, I had an external hard drive that I also wanted to be able to use with both OS X and Windows. In this article, I’ll walk you through the steps for partitioning internal and external hard drives on a Mac.
Before you start, you should make sure to backup your entire Mac computer using Time Machine. Even if you don’t mess anything up, the chances are good that the OS will screw up and break your system.
Partition External Drive
If you have a large external hard drive, you can easily partition it so that the entire drive gets utilized. I was using a 1.5 TB external drive with my Mac, but never really used more than 1/4 of the space.
Instead, here’s how I ended up partitioning my drive, which ended up making it much more useful:
- 33%: Mac (Extra Storage) – 500GB
- 33%: Mac (Time Machine Backup) – 500GB
- 33%: Windows (Extra Storage and Backup can go on same partition) – 500GB
As you can see, each partition can have its own file format. If you have an even larger drive, you can create even more partitions for other operating systems like Linux, etc.
To partition the drive, go to Spotlight at the top of your MacBook Screen (Notification Bar) and type in Disk Utility.
On the left-hand side, navigate to the tab that says EXTERNAL.
Yours will look a little bit different than mine. Under the External heading on the left-hand side, you should have one hard drive instead of 3 (I have already partitioned mine). Navigate to that external hard drive and partition it according to your needs.
NOTE: If your external hard drive is not formatted for the Mac operating system, you may first need to Initialize it and then Erase it. It’s very easy:
- Under the external tab on the left side, select the drive you want to use.
- Then select the Erase option at the top
- Once there, give it a name and format it to Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
- For the Scheme, you can pick from GUID, MBR or Apple. If you’re only using the drive for storage, then it doesn’t really matter which one you pick. However, if you plan to boot from the drive, you should pick MBR for Windows and Linux and GUID for OS X. If you plan to use the drive for Boot Camp, you should also pick GUID.
Note that you can also click on Security Options and choose from different levels of security. By default, OS X will use the fastest method, which not does securely erase the drive. If you move the slider to Most Secure, it will meet the DOD standard for erasing data by overwriting the data 7 times. This will prevent anyone or any software from recovering any previously written data from the drive.
OS X may ask you if you want to use the drive for Time Machine backups, but you should choose Decide Later unless you want to use the entire drive for the backups. Now you’re ready to partition the external drive!
Go to the top where it has the options: First Aid, Partition, Erase, Restore, Mount, etc. Select Partition and create the partitions based on your specific needs. In my case, I chose a size of 500 GB, which is one-third of the drive.
Select how you would like to partition the drive (refer back to my percentages, as that’s what I have used in the screenshots here), select Apply, and then click Partition. After this, it will take a few minutes to partition, so be patient!
When completed should see the green checkmark next to your drive and it should say Operation Successful. Now select Done and you’re done with the first partition.
Now to partition the rest of the space, you will click on Untitled under External and then click on Partition again.
Give the partition a name, pick a size and choose the format. Since this is going to be for Windows storage, I chose MS-DOS (FAT). You can also choose exFAT if you like as that is compatible with both Windows and Mac.
Partition Internal Drive
Partitioning an internal hard drive is pretty much the same in terms of the procedure you have to follow, but it’s a little bit different in how it gets implemented.
Since you already have OS X installed on your internal drive, when you click Partition and choose a size, you’ll notice that you can’t create a partition that is smaller than the amount of space already used on the drive.
My internal drive was already using 359GB of space, so when I typed in 200GB, it automatically changed it to 359GB and put up a message stating that the first volume cannot be removed and the volume could not be split because the resulting volumes would be too small.
So if you want to create an additional partition, the first thing is to create a partition that will include OS X and give you some additional space for installing programs, etc. Below, I left the name as Macintosh HD and made the partition 500GB. That means the partition where OS X is installed has about 140GB of breathing room for extra data.
Basically, we are just shrinking the original partition, which took up the entire disk to something smaller. Then we will partition the free space as we like.
As you can see, I have made the original partition 500GB instead of 1TB, which frees up 500GB on the disk for creating other partitions. As with the external hard drive, once the partition has been created, click on Untitled, but this time under the Internal heading and click on Partition.
That’s basically all there is to partitioning drives in OS X. Hopefully, it worked for you. Enjoy!
