Backup two machines to the same USB HD

I have two M90p machines each has Rescue and Recovery 4.52 installed. I have a 1TB USB drive and I want to back up both machines to the same drive. I noticed that when I backup one machine the backup is stored in RRbackups. If I try to backup the other machine will it be stored in the same directory?

The structure of the RNR backup folder is as follows:
 RRbackups\SZ\*UUID of your machine*\**folders**.
UUID is the  universally unique  identifier.  Each machine has a different UUID. (stored in BIOS).
 This allows multiple machines to backup to the same External HDD.
Your folder would look like this:
RRbackups\SZ\*UUID  machine 1*\**folders**.
                         \*UUID  machine 2*\**folders**.
====
How to view the \rrbackups folder.
go to control panel>folder options>view.  Make sure the show hidden files button is marked.
Also uncheck the Hide protected operating system files.  APPLY. You will get a POP up warning message.
\RRbackups is BOTH a hidden file and a protected operating system file.
\programdata appears to be Hidden, but NOT a protected operating system file.   This is just FYI.
Then look for folder \RRbackups. You should have 1 on the C drive, and 1 on the USB.
Your backups should be in D:\RRbackups\SZ\your uid\C     folder.
D:\RRbackups\SZ\your uid\C\0 is  base , D: \RRbackups\SZ\your uid\C\1 is  incremental 1.
If you try to peek in the folder, and  get  "access is denied", you will have to change windows security on the folder to allow you access to it. Otherwise PROPERTIES of the folder will show 0 bytes.
Windows security:
Right click the \RRbackups folder, PROPERTIES. Select the Security tab.
You will get a do you want to continue message? Continue.
You will see an entry for SYSTEM. Select the add button.
Enter object name field.
Just type USERS in the field. Apply.
You will now see the default access for users on the machine.
Apply. OK. OK.
Done.
You may want to UNDO the above if you want the folder back to ACCESS denied. Just go back thru secuity tab and remove group USERS.  ** Leave SYSTEM group alone

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