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Hello,
I just purchased a new 320GB Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External HD to back up my music and photos etc. but when I plugged it in it asked if I wanted to use with Time Machine so I did and it is working perfectly but my concern is should I eject the HD every time I put my iMac to sleep or shut down,will it damage the drive if not ejected?Also how do you partition the drive with OSX in case my internal HD ever failed and I could use the external.
Thanks
I just purchased a new 320GB Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External HD to back up my music and photos etc. but when I plugged it in it asked if I wanted to use with Time Machine so I did and it is working perfectly but my concern is should I eject the HD every time I put my iMac to sleep or shut down,will it damage the drive if not ejected?Also how do you partition the drive with OSX in case my internal HD ever failed and I could use the external.
Thanks