Backing up a Mac and a Windows machine?

Hi,
Can Time Capsule be partition to backup a Mac on one of the partitions and a Windows machine on the other partition over the wireless network? and are there any settings I should be aware of?
Running OSX ver. 10.5.6 and Windows Vista Home premium on the other machine.
Thank you.

Don't think so because once you set the format type for the Mac its encompasses the entire hard drive.
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