external HD back up partition

DA-Steve said:

Hey guys,

Just picked up 320gb lacie external HD

Im about to partition it so i have backup and storage..

How many gb should i allocate to the Backup partition?

My comp is a MBP with 160gb HD only used about 70gb of that space though

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I like to create a partition on my backup drive to be the same size as the OS X partition and use superduper to make an exact bootable image of the original. Just make sure you use GUID partitioning if it is an Intel Mac.

I then use the remainder for storing extra temp video and photo files.

If you use bootcamp you will need a Windows partition and winclone to back that up as well.

I have 4 external drives and rotate them offsite to a safe deposite box as well. I never want to lose any data!

Cheers,

DA-Steve said:

so make the partition 160gb?

Thanks for the heads up on GUID i almost left it on the ppc option hehe

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Yes, if your OS X partition is 160GB, I make the backup partition exeactly the same, 160GB (or the slightly smaller size reported after formatting).

Always backup frequently. Super Duper is your friend!

Cheers,