Can I backup both windows and windows,is it hard to partion
1463000
I think you meant windows and mac. Yes you can and no need to partition anything. different folders for every computer
2261081
In my system the drive is not split into SSD and non-SSD. It operates as one drive, just one with wicked fast speed. I have not had to work with restoring Windows yet so I can't answer your second question. I will tell you almost 30 days into having it that I love it. It was a great purchase, and one I would buy again!
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Sort of... you can swap it out yes.... if you just want to copy data you can just hook both up and copy the data using Windows. If you want to copy over programs or an operating system its possible but its much more complex and it sounds like you would need assistance from someone with a deeper computer background.
1112436
Not directly though you can ghost to a larger drive then use windows to move the partition. Slick simple device. I've only had a few drives that were failing have a tough time copying.
1076032
No, windows 8.1 is made so that all of your files will transfer over into your new os(win 8). Everything you have will be there when you're done
2261077
They are not separate partitions. My best advice is to keep a backup on a separate drive, such as an external hard drive.
314092
You can also plug a USB HDD in and do a content drag and drop from explorer, or use something like the free versions of EASUS, Paragon, Free sync etc., set up a back up and let it run overnight, but you have to be willing to become an active participant in your data backup routine, at least once. The plus is that you can back up what's important to you and not the fluff that might accumulate like TV shows you aren't going to watch again.
1110136
I am not an expert on the matter ... Don't know for sure but, I will doubt you can maintain the data as the Drobo needs to rewrite the disc to assure their structure... Not sure if will allow partitions either. Perhaps contacting Drobo directly you might find the right answer
515165
I think yes, but to be safe I would partition the drive in two: one for bk ups from Mac and the other for the PC bkup. Perhaps get a bigger drive also given you are working off two computers.
880351
Neither. It does, however, allow you to make one image recovery disc in case the windows stops working properly. Go to settings->backup->and choose one from those options
862381
Not under the supported systems. But most likely you will have to change to FAT32 in order to backup.
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Foe me, it seems easy. My setup is quite simple - 3 users include a web cam user - windows backup will go to user's folder, web cam will upload videos to a folder in DS713.
81791
There's no reason why you can't use this drive as a backup.You don't *have* to format it NTFS but using it as FAT will mean you can't copy files larger than 4gb. There might also be performance benefits of using NTFS; I'm not sure.There's no need to remove the drive when you shutdown.
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You can..bit you will be better of if you install windows and your most common used applications either on an internal SSD (best option) or an external flash drive. The system will be faster this way, and you can use your external 2TB for storing everything else.
64196
The backup button doesn't work on for Window 7 64 bit but you can still backup to it using another program.
1401393
Yes you can, but there are lots of operating system backup programs that make an image of the entire partition into a single file or span of files which don't need a separate partition at all, which are smaller total volume due to being compressed, and read and write much faster to a USB flash drive due to being a single large sequential read or write. These backup utilities can also usually extract and restore individual files or groups of them you select as well, so partitioning and backing up thousands of little files to different partitions on a thumbdrive opposed to what I described above isn't a good solution. One such backup software is Acronis Trueimage.
200504
Sure. But if you are backing-up your OS, you should be doing that to a second physical internal hard drive.