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Help with a WD My Passport? Please? :)
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<blockquote data-quote="chrstn" data-source="post: 1119372" data-attributes="member: 174184"><p>Hi MYmacROX!</p><p></p><p>So I'm properly formatted and it's normal for the first backup to take a few hours. Good to know!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I have had machines crash on me and lost all my files twice in the past, so I'm most concerned with making sure that doesn't happen again. It seems like you're saying that if I partition my drive, use "half" for Time Machine (immediate file recovery) and the other for SuperDuper/Carbon Copy I'll be all set and that Carbon Copy, etc will let me open up the files outside of this machine. Right? If so, I would definitely like to do that and I also think it would be a good idea to format it so that it can open on both Windows and Mac.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If I already chose to have the HD run with Time Machine and began/stopped a backup, is it still possible to partition normally?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks a bunch for all your help <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chrstn, post: 1119372, member: 174184"] Hi MYmacROX! So I'm properly formatted and it's normal for the first backup to take a few hours. Good to know! I have had machines crash on me and lost all my files twice in the past, so I'm most concerned with making sure that doesn't happen again. It seems like you're saying that if I partition my drive, use "half" for Time Machine (immediate file recovery) and the other for SuperDuper/Carbon Copy I'll be all set and that Carbon Copy, etc will let me open up the files outside of this machine. Right? If so, I would definitely like to do that and I also think it would be a good idea to format it so that it can open on both Windows and Mac. If I already chose to have the HD run with Time Machine and began/stopped a backup, is it still possible to partition normally? Thanks a bunch for all your help :) [/QUOTE]
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