How do I store multiple system images from different laptop computers on the same usb external hard

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How can I create system images from 2 seperate computers on common external usb disk. Background: I made a system image of Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (Start > All Programs > Maintenance > Backup and Restore > Create a system image) and placed it on an

external hard drive (Samsung S2 Portable 3 USB Device). I I let Windows choose what to back up. I did this on the first PC.All went well. I then went to a second PC with my external usb hard drive and tried to follow the same procedure but I get an I/O error.

I suspect that it's because Windows backup is trying to create another directory called "WindowsImagebackup" and the directory already exists from the first PC I backed up. So How do I store multiple system images from different laptop computers on the same

usb external hard drive?

 

Do I have to partition my external usb hard drive for each computer I want to create a system image for?

 

 

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