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Can I divide new external USB 4TB drive into multiple drives?
Hi,
I'm a newbie to this forum. I've got a Windows 7 Home Premium x64, SP1, Dell XPX 8100 desktop, with a 1TB internal hard drive. I've been running it since new, which is 2010. I have cloned an internal drive a few months ago, and it is sitting inside the desktop, unconnected, should my system drive fail.
This machine has become my go to workhorse. I now want to start making weekly or monthly backups. I purchased a Western Digital (WD) My Book 4TB USB external drive for this purpose. It comes with backup software, and is still in the box. I was wondering if I can divide this drive into multiple drives (not just partitions) so that I can also use it to back up (or make images) of my Windows 10 laptop. Or, is this even necessary? If I just made multiple partitions, I'm not aware that I could back up to each partition. Sorry if this is a basic question. I'm not at all new to computers/networking, but I'm not all that familiar with disk management procedures.
I am familiar with Disk Management. Also, I don't have to use the backup software that came with the WD drive. I am somewhat familiar with 3rd party disk management/backup software.
TIA
BruceK