Can I back up my Windows drive on My Passport?

[0186279]

Heya! I would like to also use my WD My Passport to backup my windows drive as well as OSX. Any way to do this?

Thanks : )

 

[Eddyisgreat]

Winclone*
*I have not used this solution myself but I've heard it works pretty good. I utilize the built in Windows Backup to a network share.

 

[scottness]

I would try partitioning. This should work.

 

[0186279]

Thanks for the responses guys, but my trouble is that I have an external that is formatted for macs. Gotta figure out a way to make windows access it.

 

[scottness]

Thanks for the responses guys, but my trouble is that I have an external that is formatted for macs. Gotta figure out a way to make windows access it.

You can partition it. One partition is formatted for the mac, the other for windows. It will be recognized as two separate drives for your purposes.

 

[0186279]

You can partition it. One partition is formatted for the mac, the other for windows. It will be recognized as two separate drives for your purposes.

Ohh gotcha. Not really sure how to partition an external drive?

 

[stridemat]

It is possible through Disk Utility.

 

[0186279]

ah, durr, thanks! : )

 

[0186279]

Soo I have partitioned part of the drive as MS-DOS (Fat32) and Windows does not read the drive.

Suggestions?

Thanks for all of the help.

 

[stridemat]

FAT 32 should work for both Windows and OS X. What size is the Windows partition?

 

[0186279]

FAT 32 should work for both Windows and OS X. What size is the Windows partition?

150gb

When I boot into Windows 7 and plug the external in, it reads my OSX half of it, just not the Windows half.

Here is a screenshot:

 

[stridemat]

Ok I think FAT 32 does not work with partitions greater than 32GB. If the partition is larger then it will need to be formatted as NTFS.

 

[0186279]

Ok I think FAT 32 does not work with partitions greater than 32GB. If the partition is larger then it will need to be formatted as NTFS.

Ooh. NTFS wasn't an option. At least not via the OSX disc utility. Would I have to do this in Windows?

 

[stridemat]

I guess if its not possible in OS X then it definitely should be possible within Windows. If you want to have access to the partition from within OS X you will need to instal some third party software, such as NTFS for Mac.

 

[0186279]

I guess if its not possible in OS X then it definitely should be possible within Windows. If you want to have access to the partition from within OS X you will need to instal some third party software, such as NTFS for Mac.

Alrighty. Thanks for all of your help, really appreciate it.

 

[cokeb]

Alrighty. Thanks for all of your help, really appreciate it.

FAT32 should work fine with partitions bigger than 32GB, but does Windows 7 understand the Apple Partition Map?

 

[0186279]

FAT32 should work fine with partitions bigger than 32GB, but does Windows 7 understand the Apple Partition Map?

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