Can I backup internal HD to external keeping a large file stored in ext.?

I have a file of over 100GB stored in the external and I need to backup my iMac's internal for safety but I'm new to this so don't want to end up deleting it...
Also App suggested to do it?
500GB internal
1.5 TB external
Thanks!

I was under the impression that having both a clone (or TM backup) and other files on the same partition was not a good idea?
I am mostly familiar with CarbonCopyCloner. There is an option to leave files on the clone, so you could, in theory, clone to an external and leave files on there for storage. This then has the drawback that you'd soon end up cluttering the drive with multiple versions of all files you had changed.
If you have a large drive you want to use for storage and for backup I would partition the drive in two. Make one partition the size of your internal drive and the other the remainder.
Note, however, that your storage partition is not backed up! I note this is a 1.5TB drive and when I was reviewing drives to buy for archiving some of my files I decided against anything 1TB in size or larger because there was, for me, an unacceptable failure rate. That said, I do make my backups to a LacCie drive that also has a lemon rating by many. Since it is my backup it is unlikely both it and my internal would fail at the same moment so if it fails I just buy a new backup. It is an identical bootable clone of my internal drive.

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