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Can hard drive set up for Time Machine be used otherwise?
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1095745" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>My opinion for what it's worth....</p><p></p><p>Although you can partition the drive as Slydude pointed out, or just leave it as one partition, I personally do not recommend using an external drive in that manner. I know it's tempting with today's very large hard drives being so inexpensive, but when trouble occurs with an external, it just makes the problem worse if the drive has both your TM backups and other data.</p><p></p><p>A quick look at some posts today about this very subject could help you decide.</p><p></p><p>Regards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1095745, member: 46727"] My opinion for what it's worth.... Although you can partition the drive as Slydude pointed out, or just leave it as one partition, I personally do not recommend using an external drive in that manner. I know it's tempting with today's very large hard drives being so inexpensive, but when trouble occurs with an external, it just makes the problem worse if the drive has both your TM backups and other data. A quick look at some posts today about this very subject could help you decide. Regards. [/QUOTE]
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