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Can i partition my WD my book essential edition

mockingbi500 on Dec 30, 2008

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When I run the disk utility on my mac i do not get the partition tab that i get with other disks.

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posted on Jan 05, 2009

micromend

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I'veseen similiar problems to this. Why do you need to repartition? If you really must then a third party program such as Paragon Partition Manager is what I use.

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