Need advice with 2 tb hdd as back up drive and partitioning

[nonaddictedgamer]

I have a 1 tb hdd as a storage drive and a ssd for my os. I recently purchased a 2 tb hdd to be both a data drive and back up. I am going to partition the drive into two 1 tb partitions and use one partition to back up the main 1 tb drive and one for data. If the main 1 tb data drive went out would I be able to restore the back up with the data partition on the same drive? I would like to streamline the process so if something were to happen, I can get my files back exactly the way they were.

 

[Ubrales]

I do something similar using a 1.5TB HDD. Single partition NTFS.

I just created a folder and copy all data from other hard disks on to this hard disk. Also use the same hard disk for backups.

 

[nonaddictedgamer]

is that better than using windows back up? I believe windows back up won't let you access the files until they are restored. only manual back ups are a pain.

 

[Ubrales]

is that better than using windows back up? I believe windows back up won't let you access the files until they are restored. only manual back ups are a pain.

I do it both ways. One complete copy of the data directory every week (copy and paste). Windows backup every 2 weeks.

(Delete older data to make room for new data).

 

[nonaddictedgamer]

Best answer selected by nonaddictedgamer.

 

[Ubrales]

Thank you!