LaCie - Rugged Mini 1TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services - Orange/Silver

Yes, you may use for both, just partition the drive, there very easy to understand tutorials on laCie's web page. Size is an issue you need to review by looking at your "c" drive or wherever you are presently storing your items that you want to backup. Example for MS Word documents if your word documents are 10 megabytes (mb) each , you could fit a hundred thousand of them on this drive.

I have a Mac-book Pro and it works fine with it.

Not with this device. LaCie MyNAS app lets you use your iPhone®, iPad®, and iPod touch® to access and share all your photos, music, and office documents stored on your LaCie network storage device. You can also use it to free up space on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch by moving files directly to the LaCie device. MyNAS puts a multimedia library at your fingertips at home, in the office or on the go!   iOS compatibility: iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch LaCie product compatibility: Network Space 2, Network Space MAX, d2 Network 2, 2big Network 2, 2big NAS, 5big Network 2   More information at www.lacie.com

This product gets electricity from the included USB cord.

Afelter purchasing your Lacie Rugged Hardrive and having it purchased, you simply plug it into your computer and you’l get a setup file. You’ll click through that, get it registered and that’s basically it. Easy process with no hassle. There’s also a guide on the paper that comes with the hardrive.