Not sure if I got a full backup on TimeMachine

had two external HDD which I had used with Lion. I ended up re-formatting them for Mountain Lion, since I found it difficult otherwise to add a password. So on the first backup, I expected it to save about 154GB, which is the used amount of my 480 GB drive. Instead, it's much smaller: 89 GB.

Can this be right? If so, canI do a verify after a full backup?

Thanks.

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curiouswebster

8/22/2022 - Mon

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9/27/2012

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curiouswebster

9/27/2012

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Right, I think the "ignore folders" is a good place to look.

How do I do that?

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curiouswebster

9/30/2012

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There were no folder excluded. I got a message when ejecting that there were two partitions on the disk, so I presume that is the problem.

How do I remove all partitions, reformat (with password) start fresh with that disk?

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curiouswebster

9/30/2012

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I plugged it in again, but that message did not display this time on eject.

Please explain the step to start new with this disk...

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