
As Wikipedia Says: Disk Utility is a system utility for performing disk and disk volume-related tasks on the OS X operating system by Apple Inc.
Day to day functions supported by Disk Utility are:
- Creation, conversion, backup, compression and encryption of logical volume images from a wide range of formats read by Disk Utility to .dmg or, for CD/DVD images, .cdr
- Mounting, unmounting and ejecting external disk volumes
- Enabling or disabling journaling
- Verifying a disk’s integrity, and repairing it if the disk is damaged
- Erasing, formatting, partitioning and cloning disks
- Secure deletion of free space or disk using a “zero out” data, a 7-pass DOD 5220-22 M standard, or a 35-pass Gutmann algorithm
- Adding or changing partition table between Apple Partition Table, GUID Partition Table and master boot record (MBR)
- Restoring volumes from Apple Software Restore (ASR) images
- Checking the S.M.A.R.T. status of a hard disk
- Disk Utility functions may also be accessed from the OS X command line with the diskutil and hdiutil commands.
Now will learn how to partition disk,
Important Note:
- Partitioning a disk erases all the data previously stored on it
- By using partition feature of disk utility it divides disk into sections called ‘partitions’ which appear on the desktop as separate disks.
Precaution: Before moving forward backup all your computer data using Time Machine on different hard drive other than that you are currently partitioning.
Here is how to Partition a disk
Step 01: Connect External Disk to your Mac using USB / FireWire cable for purpose partitioning it
Step 02: Locate ‘Disk Utility App in Applications > Utilities
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