Can I use a 1 TB EHD which has an iPhoto library on it for Time Machine backup?

Or do I need a separate EHD for that? I'm trying to make an ancient 2008 MBP (running OS X 10.6.8, 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB 667 MHZ DDR2 SDRAM) last me for another 6-9 mos. With my hard drive about full I ordered an EHD and copied my iPhoto library to it before deleting events on iPhoto on my computer. This freed up 95 GB of space. I hate to admit that I've never backed up my computer.
Thanks for your help.

Hi,
you can use the drive with Time Machine while still using the drive as a normal disk. Be careful however, that if the external drive dies for a reason, your photos will be lost forever.
The best would be to set Time capsule on a secondary hard drive, and asking Time Capsule to backup as well your 1st drive, which contains the iPhoto library.
That way you'll have 2 full versions of your data
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the best,
James

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