Can I do this with my desktop pc?
Hey peeps,
Just wanted to know if there is a way that I can put my desktop to some good use by using the unused space on my hard drive as a back up partition for my Macbook Pro? Thanks for any insight.
On a second hard drive or on the same drive from which you startup? If the latter I would not recommend it. If on a second drive, yes, if you have sufficient space and are willing to make a partition exclusively for the backup.
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