How can i backup using only a part of my HD(new to mac)

I have an external 250GB hard drive and i want to use time machine but heres the thing... I basickly save all of my media like photos, muvies, music, ect. ect. there and i'm worring that if I use that HD for time machine, time machine will erase all of my media so it can use the HD for backup. What i wanted to know is that if i can just use only a certane part or amount of the HD for time machine, that way i can still save all my media on there... thanx

rb26dett,
Hmmm. I'm going to agree with -(.)^(.)- on this one, but for additional reasons. Time Machine requires external storage space for backups that amounts to at least twice as much space as needed for the initial backup. Pay particular attention to the "at least" part in my statement above.
If we assume that you have somewhere around 60 or 80 GBs of data on your Macbook, this means that Time Machine needs at least just under 200 GBs of storage space for backups. With a 250 GB external drive, you're only going to have about 240 GBs to use, so this leaves only 40 or so GBs for your "media" that already exists on that drive. Are you using this much, something less, or more than this right now?
All this said, you can give Time Machine just a portion of any external drive you might have. The key to this is to partition the external drive, leaving one volume for Time Machine's use, and another for your own. Time Machine can and will make a backups of both your Macbook's internal hard drive, and either the secondary volume on the same external drive or any volumes on other external drives that happen to be connected when the backup is made.
Still, a better solution would be to have another dedicated drive for Time Machine's use, preferably a larger one.
Scott

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