Can this drive be partitioned to backup more than one computer?
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Hello Terrence, I have not done any partitioning, but from what I've read, all hard drives whether internal or external can be partitioned. I am not a techie so I get most of my information online (the rest from computer technicians). Here is one site I've checked out...http://techchannel.radioshack.com/partition-external-hard-drive-1628.html. Hopes this helps. Cheers!
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Sure, you can use an external enclosure and use it as a backup drive. Just remember that it's a 2.5 inch drive (like in laptops), not a regular 3.5 inch (like in a pc).Cheers
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This is not a RW (Rewritable) disk but, yes you could use this to make backups of almost anything.
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I don't know for certain but I don't believe it is designed to be used in a shared hub environment. You can check Seagate's site, but it might be too specific a task. I personally haven't heard of mixed Macs and PCs on a USB3 hub. You can back them up separately without having individual partitions but it would still be one at a time.
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Yes, it does. You can use one 2TB HDD as your main drive and the other as your backup, or you can use both HDDs at the same time for a combined 4TB HDD.
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Do a google search for that. I doubt you can mount a second hard drive in there, but I'm not sure.
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Yes, according to the company. I asked this question myself. I have backed up three computers, VERY easy. Since I have not had a failure or need to try, I cannot answer 100%.
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Yes you should be able to do this using something like Clonezilla or Accronis I believe. However, if you are cloning your main drive to the external, you will not be able to use it during that time of course.
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I think you meant windows and mac. Yes you can and no need to partition anything. different folders for every computer
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When formatted the total storage is about 1.71 TB so if both if the total data required for the backups is less then yes. If its not then no.
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If your question is can you backup multiple computers on the Buffalo HD, yes you can. The Buffalos USB 3 connection coupled with the internal cache make it a good backup source. I am using Acronis image software and am backing up several computers. The Buffalo is fast and reliable. I recommend it.
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Yes, treat it as a standard removable usb drive, don't run the "backup" software.
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You should be able to plug it into several different Win7 or Win8 PCs if you connect to them one at a time. But if you mean several computers backing up simultaneously, you WOULD have to be on a network as the others have said.
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Not under the supported systems. But most likely you will have to change to FAT32 in order to backup.
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Yes. Transfer the files on to one or two of the drives, put the other 2 in the drobo and initialize them, then transfer all the files to the drobo, then put the other 2 drives in the drobo and they will be formatted and all the files will be protected.
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No, this is not a network drive. You can use one interface with one computer at a time, thank you
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Yes, you can back up as many as you can fit in 1tb. A typical computer would not have much more than 0.3 to 0.4 tb to back up. However, it always depends. You could have more info to back up, I'm just stating approx averages.