[Rob Fourchalk] " but could I partition my system drive 1 (as you lay out in tutorial) by copying over everything into a temporary partitioned drive 2 (backup drive) then reformat drive 1, partition it accordingly, return drive 2 back to normal and then be good to go?"
Your concept above is essentially 100% sound, except that you need to substitute the word "clone" in place of the word "copy."
The problem is, your Drive #2 has material on it that you want to keep, so creating a 2nd partition can't be done while preserving that material.
Your best bet would be to clone your system drive temporarily to an empty firewire drive. Then, be sure to test it to make sure it boots. Now, partition your 1Tb system drive with at least three partitions. Then, clone the firewire drive bak to partition #1.
Does this make sense?
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