A acuriouslad macrumors regular Original poster Sep 28, 2008 203 101 Australia Dec 1, 2008 #1 Ok so I know you are able to put partitions in a harddrive, so I was wondering if I could partition 50Gb or so of an iMac to be used for Timemachine? Is this a really dumb idea?
Ok so I know you are able to put partitions in a harddrive, so I was wondering if I could partition 50Gb or so of an iMac to be used for Timemachine? Is this a really dumb idea?
r.j.s Moderator emeritus Mar 7, 2007 15,026 52 Texas Dec 1, 2008 #2 I wouldn't, because if the drive fails - so does your backup.
R Richard.John macrumors regular Sep 1, 2007 109 0 Yurigaoka, Japan Dec 1, 2008 #3 Defeats the purpose surely. The idea is that you have an external backup to fall back on if your Macintosh HD goes tits up.
Defeats the purpose surely. The idea is that you have an external backup to fall back on if your Macintosh HD goes tits up.
N NRose8989 macrumors 6502a Feb 6, 2008 629 0 Dec 1, 2008 #4 You can but as stated above, it would be a bad idea.