Can I backup my HD to an external that already has a back up on it from another Mac?

My dad has an external HD nd has his stuff backed up on it. I want to back mine up also, because I'm getting a new internal HD. Can the external hold more than 1 omputer on it? I only utilize 22GB of my 500GB. OR... If I'm replacing the HD at apple for over $200, can they just transfer my stuff from the old drive to the new one?

I can't speak for the Apple Geniuses at the store, but I can't see why they wouldn't be willing to transfer your data from the old drive to the new one, assuming the old drive is readable still. As for your dad's external harddrive, you would need to create a new partition on the drive using Disk Utility and then you could store your backup in the new partition. You CANNOT, however, have both of your computers connected to the same external drive at the same time; disconnect his first.
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