Partition advice for 2 computers backing up to same ext. HD

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jstin

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Seagate Ext. 250g HD using BounceBack Express.

I want to use a single ext. HD to back up 2 different computers. After backing up comp.#1, while backing up comp.#2, I don't think the HD & BounceBack Express knew that it was a different comp. I used different set names.

Do I need to partition & reformat to 2 partitions, 1 for each comp. being backed up?

Thank you.
 
the best thing to do is partition the drive and mirror eack computer on different partitions. If the program you use makes one large file that the program itself unpacks if needed, then you probably would not need to partition the drive, but if you use this kind of backup, you'll need to get back into your OS in order to do anything with it if something goes wrong I believe
 
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