Time Machine Question?

[rodman109110]

I have two external hard drives, one is 300 GB and the other is 500 gb. I set up Time Machine on the 300 GB hd. In the Time Machines options it has excluded the 500 GB hd from being backed up. Is there a way to change this or can Time Machine not back up an external?

 

[overanalyzer]

In System Preferences for Time Machine, go to Options, then you can select any drives or directories not to back up. If you want to back up the other external drive, just remove it from the "Do not back up" list.

 

[rodman109110]

The remove option is grayed out so I can't.

 

[overanalyzer]

The remove option is grayed out so I can't.

Weird, mine isn't for other drives, only for my Time Machine drive (obviously it can't back itself up). Maybe it's because the 500GB is larger so it wouldn't fit?

 

[rodman109110]

Is it possible that it won't back up because it is formatted in MS DOS? There is 200 GB used so it should fit on the Time Machine HD

 

[overanalyzer]

I suppose it's possible, but it seems unlikely. I was wondering if even though there's only 200GB now, if it won't allow you to set it to be backed up since it could end up being 500GB.

 

[rodman109110]

For whatever reason it works now. Thanks for your help.

 

[overanalyzer]

Well that's good. Wonder why it didn't before ...oh well. Glad you're all set now at least.

 

[thestandingroom]

For whatever reason it works now. Thanks for your help.

I have exactly the same situation -- external 500gb and 300gb drives, with the 300gb dedicated to Time Machine. It's not backing up the 300gb, and the remove option is grayed out. Rodman, any clue what you did to get it to work eventually?