A partially used external disk backup

I have an external hard drive 2T with about 300 MB of files that it contains.  Can I use the rest of the external drive to create a backup of my Windows 7 computer, or do I need a new, dedicated external drive?

Thanks in advance.

You don't need a dedicated storage device (which is actually very easy to check: put some files on a flash drive, select it as your backup destination, then back up a small folder.) "It erases the pre-existing files?)

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