Backing up both drives in mac mini

I have a new Mac Mini with dual 1TB drives.  I want to back up both drives to an external HD.  Do I have to do anything special? 

Assuming you want to use Time Machine, turn it on in the preference pane and select the backup volume. That's all you need to do.

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