Dilemma with Backing Up

I currently have a 1TB HITACHI external hard drive that contains essential files and back ups of 3 PCs in my house. I have a MacBook Pro and I'm looking to back it up. I would like to use the Time Capsule utility, but I am told this will erase all data already on it. Apparently an option is to partition the external hard drive, however I have not yet found a way to do this without, again, losing all the valuable data on the external HD already.
Is there a way to just drag and drop the entirety of my Macbook's files into the external drive. I tried to do so, but it stopped after it needed my admin password.
Any help is appreciated.

Cakes94 wrote:
If the best option is to get a new external hard drive, are there any particular models that work well with Macbook Pros?
I don't know of specific models. Most of my external drives are from LaCie, and I'm reasonably happy with them. But I have several WD and Seagate drives I put myself in no-name FW or combo enclosures, and -- knock wood -- they've worked fine so far. I prefer FW over USB (you only have 2 USB ports anyway), and it's better if the drive has its own power supply, rather than rely on bus power.
How does one go about setting up a back-up system via LAN?
You can set up a desktop machine as a backup server, as, for instance, described here
<http://www.macworld.com/article/155589/2010/11/old_mac_backup_server.html>
or get a NAS device, a few of which are reviewed here
<http://compnetworking.about.com/od/homenetworking/tp/nas-storage-drives.htm>
A decent guide to backups is Joe Kissell's "Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac"
<http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/backing-up>
which is (relatively) inexpensive in electronic format.

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FINE: Exiting RenderResponsePhase
Jan 9, 2004 10:11:52 AM com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl execute
FINE: Begin executing lifecycle phases
Jan 9, 2004 10:11:52 AM com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl execute
FINEST: execute(phaseId=RESTORE_VIEW 1)
Jan 9, 2004 10:11:52 AM com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl execute
FINEST: Begin execute(phaseId=RESTORE_VIEW 1)
Jan 9, 2004 10:11:52 AM com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase execute
FINE: Entering RestoreViewPhase
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FINEST: servletPath /hello.jsf
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FINEST: pathInfo null
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Jan 9, 2004 10:11:52 AM com.sun.faces.application.StateManagerImpl restoreView
FINE: End restoring view from response /hello.jsp
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FINEST: execute(phaseId=APPLY_REQUEST_VALUES 2)
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FINE: Entering ApplyRequestValuesPhase
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FINE: resolveVariable: Resolved variable:ipt.faces.FacesTest@f97d27
getItems():ENTRY
Jan 9, 2004 10:11:52 AM com.sun.faces.el.ValueBindingImpl getValue
FINE: getValue Result:[Ljava.lang.Object;@11fb68f
Jan 9, 2004 10:11:52 AM com.sun.faces.el.ValueBindingImpl getValue
FINEST: -->Returning [Ljava.lang.Object;@11fb68f
Jan 9, 2004 10:11:52 AM com.sun.faces.el.VariableResolverImpl resolveVariable
FINE: resolveVariable: Resolved variable:ipt.faces.FacesTest@f97d27
Jan 9, 2004 10:11:52 AM com.sun.faces.el.ValueBindingImpl getType
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getItems():ENTRY
Jan 9, 2004 10:11:52 AM com.sun.faces.el.ValueBindingImpl getValue
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Jan 9, 2004 10:11:52 AM com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl execute
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FINE: Exiting ProcessValidationsPhase
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FINE: Skipping to RenderResponsePhase
Jan 9, 2004 10:11:52 AM com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase execute
FINE: Entering RenderResponsePhase
Jan 9, 2004 10:11:52 AM com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase execute
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FINE: About to render view /hello.jsp
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FINE: URL pattern of the FacesServlet executing the current request .jsf
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Jan 9, 2004 10:11:52 AM com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl writeState
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