Cloning TC backups to external HD with data on it already - should i partition the HD? How to do this safely?

hi. i found a discussion directing how to clone backups onto a HD for proper backup transfer. what it didn't anwer for me, was something else. i have data on the HD i am trying to use as a temp destination for my TC backups. Should i partition the destination drive and have my old data on one volume - TC backup on the other? please help if you could with instructions on how to do it safely without distroying my data! THANKS A BUNCH!
OS mountain lion, 1st gen TC, 500gb, destination HD - WD passport for mac, 1tb.

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Of course partitioning the drive in a Time Capsule is only possible by removing it and doing the partitioning on another computer.
If this were mine I would get another external drive and connect that to the Time Capsule. Move your data to the new external and allow Time Machine to use the whole internal drive in the Time Capsule instead.
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