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external USB HDD

Rottie

Rottie

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MacRumor website does not answer my post so I will try here....I have external USB HDD formatted with FAT32 and some data on there for Windows OS...whenever I attach it to my MBP the message show up and ask "Do you want to use "HDD" to back up with Time Machine?" I hit "Decide later" button because I am not sure if Time Machine will format and lose some of data on it?

Your help will be great apprecited!
 
Time Machine needs HFS+ to operate. You could copy the data off of the drive, create a new partition that stays FAT32 (or ideally exFAT if all your Windows machines are Vista or better) and then format the rest of the drive to HFS+ if you want to use Time Machine.
 
I see...I think I will get another external HDD next week for Time Machine backup..Thank you very much TheSTU
 
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