Time Machine backing up partitioned external HD

Hello ALL...
I want to setup Time Machine but I have a question. I hope I can explain it.
I have a firewire 800 Lacie 250GB external Hard drive that I want to divide into two partitions. One partition named 'Time Machine' is for Time Machine to use for backing up and the other partition named 'My Files' has file of all sorts on it. What I would like to know is...Can Time Machine backup all the files on the partition named 'My Files' to the other partition where I have named it Time Machine.
I Also like to have Time Machine backup my internal HD to the partitioned named Time Machine too.
Can Time Machine do all of this. I hope I am making sense!
Thanks you in Advance.
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One word of caution, TM does not clone(Bootable Copy) your HD, it backs up everything on your HD that you set it for. You will need another application to accomplish this. One last word of caution, different makes of external drives work differently with the new OS 10.5.2. This only applies if you are shutting down your external drive after you have updated to either partition. The external drive icons cannot be removed by dragging them to the trash. You get a window that says that the volume is in use. If this happens the only way to remove the external drive icons from your desk top is to shut down and unplug everything. Then hold the Mac power button in for about 20-30 seconds and release. Then plug in only the computer, mouse and keyboard. Start your computer and then plug in your external drive. When the external drive icons appear on your desktop apple click them and drag then to the trash. Icons should then disappear. This info received from an Apple Tech Rep.and worked for me. However if you ever change these 2 partitions on your external drive you will have to repeat this process every time. No name given for this problem but the fix works. Apple should really address this issue. Good luck

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