Can I "partition" a HD for TM and other files?

Well, I have never used Time Machine before and recently when I thought about starting to use it, I connected to my MacBook the external hard drive which contains apps, music, movies etc. (pretty much a "manual backup" you can say), but I got a message that Time Machine works when the hard drive is used exclusively for TM and doesn't have other content (I hope I understood well).
So, is there any way to "partition" my HD so one place will be reserved for Time Machine and in another I can keep movies, music and other files that I do not want to keep in my MacBook anyway?
I hope I won't have to buy a new HD just for TM.
Thank you in-advance for the help.

itsjamesd wrote:
is there any way to "partition" my HD so one place will be reserved for Time Machine and in another I can keep movies, music and other files that I do not want to keep in my MacBook anyway?
in fact, that is a very good idea.
see http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/3.html
and http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/6.html
however, i would not recommend getting started unless you have a backup of the files located on that external. so, buying an additional external may be in order in any case ...

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