Can I have Time Machine back-up to a partition on an external HD?

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smeesmee
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in macOS edited January 2014
So I've got a 160GB SATA drive that I want to use for Time Machine when I get Leopard in the mail.

I've got a Mac mini C2D 1.8Ghz with an 80Gb HD.

I'm thinking that if I partition the 160GB drive into to parts (each part will be 80GB) I would be able to backup to one part of it and store my videos and what-not on the other partition.



Will this work?

Thanks!

Parker

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    filmgirlfilmgirl Posts: 1member
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    So I've got a 160GB SATA drive that I want to use for Time Machine when I get Leopard in the mail.

    I've got a Mac mini C2D 1.8Ghz with an 80Gb HD.

    I'm thinking that if I partition the 160GB drive into to parts (each part will be 80GB) I would be able to backup to one part of it and store my videos and what-not on the other partition.



    Will this work?

    Thanks!

    Parker



    That should be just fine - if you have anything on the external drive, I would back-up to DVD or whatever before partitioning (if you haven't partitioned the drive already), but backing up to one partition on your drive shouldn't be a problem with Time Machine.
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    smeesmee Posts: 195member
    Ok, Sounds good!

    Thanks a ton



    Parker
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