Just got a 250GB Western Digital external hard drive. This will be used only to backup data. I would like to know if I can use this on two different machines with different operating systems. Computer 1 is a laptop running Windows Vista. I have about 10 GB of photos and 5 GB of data all of which is under "Documents."
Computer 2 is a desktop running XP Media Center. Here I have about 10 GB of pics and about 10 GB of data all under "My Documents." I may decide to backup a few Gigs of music on both machines as well. Can I do this with my Ext. Hard Drive? I do not plan on using the included software that came with the Ext HD - just copy and paste method to the Ext HD. If this is possible, is there anything special that I have to do when going from one computer to the next or can I just plug into USB 2.0 port and copy and paste? Also, can I seperate documents from Computer 1 and Computer 2 by naming them as such? Thanks
Computer 2 is a desktop running XP Media Center. Here I have about 10 GB of pics and about 10 GB of data all under "My Documents." I may decide to backup a few Gigs of music on both machines as well. Can I do this with my Ext. Hard Drive? I do not plan on using the included software that came with the Ext HD - just copy and paste method to the Ext HD. If this is possible, is there anything special that I have to do when going from one computer to the next or can I just plug into USB 2.0 port and copy and paste? Also, can I seperate documents from Computer 1 and Computer 2 by naming them as such? Thanks