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Can you do a Acronis backup to an external USB HD that contains misc data and old MS System Images?

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I have an external USB drive that contains System Images and misc files previously created by Windows10. I need to keep these MS System Images for a period of time.Question: Can I  use this same external drive for my Acronis True Image 2016 backups?  

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David, welcome to these User Forums.

Yes, you can make Acronis backup images to the same drive where you have other system images provided that there is sufficient free space on the drive to accomodate this.

It is very important that you make a Backup and do not try to use the Clone function of ATI as the latter would completely wipe the contents of the backup drive and you would lose your other system images etc.

See the link in my signature dealing with the differences between backup and cloning for more information, including video tutorials on these methods.