Time machine on two partitions

I have a backup drive that is not working well on my iMac Lion.  I would like to test this drive on my Macbook Pro Snow Leopard. If I change the T M preferences to do the test on a different partition on the macbook, will I lose my macbook backups?T

you have to be in the minority. The only way to partition is to pull the drive out of TC and use Disk Utility.

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    All I want is to be able to have two encrypted time machines for each macbook on one single hard drive. Previously I was able to maintain two separate time machines (unencrypted) on this hard drive. I decided to try and encrypt both but seems like I am getting something wrong.

    I am prompted to enter in my encryption password for the 15" time machine on my 11".
    If I understand correctly, you want to mount the other partition. Are you prompted to do that? Does the password include any characters other than plain letters and digits? Are you using the same keyboard layout on both machines?

  • I used a partitioned HDD for time machine, using a partition already containing other data files. I am now no longer able to view that partition in Finder. Disk Utility shows it in grey and "not mounted". Any suggestions of how to access the files?

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    Yes, sharing a TM disk is a bad idea, and disks are cheap enough so that you don't need to.
    Now
    Have you tried to repair the disk yet

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    Yes. You will need to configure Time Machine preferences on each computer to backup to the same drive. Note that you cannot connect the backup drive to both machines at the same time.

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    If you want to and it is so large that it has room (350% is a good estimate for TimeMachine), then use a partition(s) to hold system restore images or bootable clones. Or VM images.
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    Greetings,
    I am running 10.8.5 on my Macbook pro. I have two hard drives in it - SSD that runs OSX and apps and HDD with data, sound banks, music etc. I am using Time machine to backup both drives on regular basis. Now, I have problem with my HDD, it cannot be repaired by disc utility, which suggests me to format and restore the data. I hear grinding and clicking from HDD, so it is probably failing. When I insert new HDD and format it, how do I set Time machine to restore only that partition? I try to restore it, but it is automatically restoring it into folder "Volumes" on my SSD. How do I set Time machine to restore on new HDD?
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    Please visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine. You will find several items relevant to your query.

  • 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.
    D

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  • Time Machine with two hard drives?

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    I'm trying to set up Time Macine on two Macbooks, using one external hard drive. One is a work laptop and one is a personal laptop. They do not share the same network. How do I get access privileges for what's backed up on my work computer when I'm on my home computer? It won't even give me the opportunity to put in my password, it just says I do not have privileges. Help! Thank you!

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    If you do have that issue, please post at his link. He is trying to get enough background info to pass to Apple to solve the problem.

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