Partitioning can be used for organization purposes, i.e., each volume could be used as a media (scratch) drive, each for a different FCP Project.

With hard drives getting bigger there are reasons why you might want to partition a hard drive. You can create up to 16 different partitions on a hard drive, each one can be of different size and format, even including the 'MS-DOS' format for use with PCs on a network. Partitioning a hard drive is the process of dividing a hard drive into separate, discrete sections, called 'volumes'. Formatting & Partitioning a Hard Drive in OS Xįormatting & Partitioning a Hard Drive in OS X - Tiger and Leopard