Creating a Temporary Partition

You can create a temporary partition on your hard disk that can be used to set up data you want to record to a disc.

Temporary partitions are useful in situations where you want to have complete control over the layout of your data and how its windows are arranged and displayed.

To create a temporary partition:

1 | Choose Utilities > Create Temporary Partition.

| The Create Temporary Partition dialog appears.

2 | Enter a name and size for the partition. Choose a size that is appropriate for the size of the disc you are making with the partition.

3 | From the On pop-up menu, choose the hard disk or network folder where you want the temporary partition to reside.

4 | From the Format pop-up menu, choose the type of format you want this temporary hard disk to have:

| • | Mac OS Extended. Select this option if you plan to use the partition to record a disc that will be usable only on Mac OS 8.1 or later.

| • | Mac OS Standard. Select this option if you plan to use the partition to record a disc that is usable on ANY Macintosh computer.

| • | UNIX File System. Select this option if you plan to use the partition to record a disc that is usable on the UNIX operating system.

5 | Click OK.

| Toast mounts the partition on the desktop.

See Also:

Saving a Project as an Image File

Making a Multisession Disc

Mounting an Image File on the Desktop

Comparing the Contents of Two Files or Folders