# How to use the same external hard drive for Windows and Linux?

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**Created:** [July 22, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-use-the-same-external-hard-drive-for-windows-and-linux/7583 "2019-07-22T04:56:07Z")
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### Author: ![AimoE](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@AimoE](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/AimoE)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-use-the-same-external-hard-drive-for-windows-and-linux/7583/6 "2019-07-22T14:07:35Z")

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> [@ts678](#):
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> Just doing redundant backups is not all that bad, in fact some people consider it best practice, although it usually also involves different backup software and destination

This is what I do too. I have two external disks for backups, one for each laptop. I copy my most precious files from Windows to Ubuntu’s Samba share, and they get backed up from both laptops. I haven’t seen any problem in this duplication of the backups. Yes, I know I should also back up to cloud, but I’m still undecided on which to use.

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