Can I partition my PC hard drive for Time Machine on my MBA?

AllenBigArm · AllenBigArm #1 (**permalink**)

02-18-2012, 12:23 PM

Hello all,

Is it possible to partition the hard drive on my Windows PC for Time Machine use on my MacBook Air via USB? And, if so, HOW? :-)

Thanks,
Allen

Slydude · Slydude #2 (**permalink**)

02-18-2012, 02:12 PM

Are you planning to continue using the drive with your PC? If so that won't work. Time Machine is expecting the drive to be Mac HFS+ not Windows NTFS.

There are procedures out there for splitting a drive into partitions with one having HFS+ and one NTFS for Windows but I have typically seen it only for external drives. Can you tell us more about your setup? Is this an internal drive on your PC? Network share?

AllenBigArm · AllenBigArm #3 (**permalink**)

02-18-2012, 02:30 PM

It is my internal hard drive on my Windows PC. I do have wireless throughout the house, but have never set up my PC for Network share.

I was just looking for an inexpensive way to be able to use Time Machine on my MBA. I didn't want to have to buy an external drive if I didn't need to.

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AllenBigArm #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 18, 2012 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2 Mac Specs: 13" MBA (mid 2011), 1.7 Ghz Intel Core i5, 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3	02-18-2012, 12:23 PM Hello all, Is it possible to partition the hard drive on my Windows PC for Time Machine use on my MacBook Air via USB? And, if so, HOW? :-) Thanks, Allen
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