Question: Can you backup specific stuff on a HD and still use it as a time machine?

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That is, I'd like to use my 2 TB HD as a time machine for my MacBook Pro, but I also have about 1tb of it spoken for with content from another hard drive. is it possible to assign this drive as a time machine and have it keep all the content that is already on it, or will setting it up as a time machine render it effective only for that purpose and clear my existing data?

Thanks a lot for any clarification on this, I've just about transferred the 1TB. I thought this was an appropriate topic to post this Q in but I'm not here all that frequently, so my apologies if this should be in another part of the forum. thanks and happy holidays,

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Yes you can. Setup Time Machine first, and do not mess with any of the folders it creates.

On my external HD, I created a folder called Backup, and I put things there all the time.
 

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March 2011 15" MBP 2.3GHz i7 Quad Core 8GB Ram | Mid 2011 27" iMac 3.4 GHz i7 16 GB RAM 2 TB HDD
You should partition the drive first - to keep Time Machine from overwriting anything.
 
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Sorry about the wrong forum. I already backed up my external hd and basically my whole computer on the new 2tb drive. Do I have to set up time machine first? Because if so that implies the data that's on there would not survive the time machine setup process.
 

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