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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1809943" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>Yes that would be too great a risk. Just partitioning them differently increases the possibility of corruption although in theory it should be fine. </p><p>As for connecting the same external drive to two different devices, i think that would cause all sorts of problems.</p><p>Ideally you need two separate external drives each one formatted for and connected to the device it is scheduled to back up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1809943, member: 204485"] Yes that would be too great a risk. Just partitioning them differently increases the possibility of corruption although in theory it should be fine. As for connecting the same external drive to two different devices, i think that would cause all sorts of problems. Ideally you need two separate external drives each one formatted for and connected to the device it is scheduled to back up. [/QUOTE]
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