Backup with 2 accounts on one laptop

My wife and I each have an account on one MacBook Pro running 10.6. We are trying to figure out a good way to back up about 120 GB worth of documents, photos, home movies, Address Book, Keychain, etc spread over both of our accounts.
1) If we get one portable external hard drive, can we set it up to backup both accounts? Can you direct us to an article or tutorial that shows how to do this?
2) I haven't used Time Machine yet. If we get a portable external hard drive, do we have to use Time Machine or will the drive come with its own software to use in place of Time Machine?
3) If we use an online backup company, would we expect to pay once for backing up one computer or pay twice because we each have an account on the computer?
Thanks,
Dave

dbikester wrote:
My wife and I each have an account on one MacBook Pro running 10.6. We are trying to figure out a good way to back up about 120 GB worth of documents, photos, home movies, Address Book, Keychain, etc spread over both of our accounts.
1) If we get one portable external hard drive, can we set it up to backup both accounts? Can you direct us to an article or tutorial that shows how to do this?
Yes, get a firewire drive.
You can use SuperDuper or CarbonCopy Cloner.
to clone your entire drive to an external firewire drive. With all accounts. They are both free for cloning. SuperDuper charges a fee for "Smart Updates".
2) I haven't used Time Machine yet. If we get a portable external hard drive, do we have to use Time Machine or will the drive come with its own software to use in place of Time Machine?
No you can use anything you want. As I said thebest are SD or CCC.
The advantage of SD or CCC over TM is that they are bootable whereas TM is not. So if you get stuck you can boot from your external. Also, I find them more reliable.
3) If we use an online backup company, would we expect to pay once for backing up one computer or pay twice because we each have an account on the computer?
Don't.
-mj

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