Can I use a separate internal drive as a back up within the same computer?

Hello
I am doing a lot of cloning on my drives, and running out of space on my main external back up drive.
Along with my main drive in my G4, I have 2 additional internal western digital dives. So I am wondering if it is safe to use one of these extra drives as a back up drive for the other western digital working drive instead of using a separate external drive.
Please advise.
Thanks,
Anneita

Hi Tom
My external G Tech hard drive is firewire, so it's bootable. But I'm not using it in this case...just going from one internal drive to another internal drive.
However, as a back up for this G Tech back up drive, I have a w 2T western digital that I have re-formatted as os extended journaled. I am assuming this western digital drive is not bootable since it is a usb drive, correct?
So my question is, since the western digital is not bootable, what is the best way to back up my first G Tech back up drive (which will have 5 partitions from 5 different drives on it) to the western digital? (Another words, the G Tech would be my source drive and the western digital would be my destination drive.)
Could I just drag and drop since the western digital drive is not bootable? What do you think is the best way to go?
FYI, I have also have super duper.
Thanks for your help.
Anneita

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