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Old 10-30-2007, 07:21 PM   #11 (permalink)
 
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how much space do you think i should allocate for the time machine partition?
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how much space do you think i should allocate for the time machine partition?
It all depends on how much space you think youre gonna have on your mac. always put more than what you think you'll have.
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how much space do you think i should allocate for the time machine partition?
How big is your MBP HD?
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How big is your MBP HD?
160gb on the mbp
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If you're going to get it almost full, you'll need MORE than 160 GB to back it up since each time it gets backed up (every hour, every day...depending on what you decide), a little bit more info will be added to the previous back-up. I'd give it at least 200 GB.
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If you're going to get it almost full, you'll need MORE than 160 GB to back it up since each time it gets backed up (every hour, every day...depending on what you decide), a little bit more info will be added to the previous back-up. I'd give it at least 200 GB.

ok sounds good...think im gunna do 250/250...thanks for the help
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Unless I'm mistaken PC can't read/write Mac formated drive without a utility to enable this and for Time Machine to work the drive must be Mac formated?

So unless you copy via a network (which can be tricky) find yourself a copy of MacDrive-7 and then you can copy directly to drive in Mac format.
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Unless I'm mistaken PC can't read/write Mac formated drive without a utility to enable this and for Time Machine to work the drive must be Mac formated?

So unless you copy via a network (which can be tricky) find yourself a copy of MacDrive-7 and then you can copy directly to drive in Mac format.
Right, but the Mac can PC-format the HD without extra software and then the PC can read it. No need for complicated network transfer.
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well i went ahead and reformatted and now the pc wont read the external drive guess im kinda screwed now

EDIT: not screwed anymore lol i used the osX Disk utility and partitioned the drive half Mac format Half PC Format and everything is running SMOOTH now time machine is up and running and backing up nd i still have all my files on my External HD...thanks for your help guys i appreciate it!
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well i went ahead and reformatted and now the pc wont read the external drive guess im kinda screwed now

EDIT: not screwed anymore lol i used the osX Disk utility and partitioned the drive half Mac format Half PC Format and everything is running SMOOTH now time machine is up and running and backing up nd i still have all my files on my External HD...thanks for your help guys i appreciate it!
Glad to help. I wasn't sure. I read about them, but I don't do windoze
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