Can I use WinClone and Time Machine to back up a partitioned MBP to the same external drive?

[pegeleven]

Hey everyone,
Just doing some research before I purchase an MBP (2015, most likely). I'd be running Boot Camp on it and was wondering if I can use Time Machine to back up the OSX partition and WinClone to back up the Windows partition... all to the same external hard drive. If so, how would this work? Or would I need two different ones?

Any advice or other considerations would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Longkeg]

I don’t know the answer to your question but I think it would depend on which 2015 MBP you end up with. Lower end machines have the smaller 128 GB drives. In this case you probably won’t have enough room on it for a Windows partition. Many people keep the Bootcamp stuff on a separate external drive.

 

[pegeleven]

It would be a 1TB, and I primarily use Windows so I need the partition on the internal SSD.

 

[Longkeg]

How would the Windows partition be formatted. I believe Time Machine will only back up HFS+ Or APFS formatted disks. I could be wrong though.

 

[pegeleven]

Yes I believe so as well. I'm hoping to use WinClone rather than Time Machine to back up the Windows partition, but to the same disk. Would that be possible? I think Windows partition uses NFTS formatting.

 

[chrfr]

You can use Winclone to save a disk image on a Mac disk, which may be easier than cloning the entire installation over to a disk. A Windows installation cloned from an internal disk to an external will not be bootable anyway, so there's no value in cloning to another disk vs. using Winclone to save to an image. You can use Winclone to incrementally update the disk image as well.

 

[nothingtoseehere]

Yes I believe so as well. I'm hoping to use WinClone rather than Time Machine to back up the Windows partition, but to the same disk. Would that be possible? I think Windows partition uses NFTS formatting.

I have the same question!

I also have a 2015 MBP. Saving the Mac-backup on an external HDD, at the moment with Time Machine, maybe changing to CCC.

Now I also want to backup the bootcamp partition, and I consider to buy Winclone. Can I use my stock HDD for both (maybe partitioned), or do I need two external HDDs?

Any help very appreciated!