Backup Drive too small...

I recently upgraded to a 24" iMac and have 2 500GB usb drives which were sufficient for my prior backup needs. Now I am having trouble backing up. I moved my iTunes library to the system drive (750GB) for speedier performance. Can anyone please explain how to connect 2 USB drives as a RAID so that I can have 1 effective 1TB drive and use it for time machine?

Hi Flooseman,
I hope I can clarify your issue about the OKR D: partition.
1. The D: One Key Recovery partition is not for your "normal" backups. The D: partition is already filled with the factory restore apps/drivers backup. There is no need to even touch that drive. Why do you think that "One Key Recovery is non-functional."? You would only need it, if your C: Windows system got somehow corrupted. Then you could reset your system, using the OKR function, to the factory installed OS. Unless you had backed up your user files to some other medium (external HD, CDs, or even the Cloud) using the OKR would delete those user files.
2. If the hard drive crashes, you would always need some other backup to an external source. That's the case in every computer with only 1 internal drive. OKR was not made for this failure, so it's really not a "issue"
3. For the last, oh I don't know, >5 years, most OEMs do not ship any "recovery CDs" in computers packaging. If you want a CD, you can make the factory restore by burning one yourself. However, in Win 8, creating the USB Recovery Drive is the new way to go.
http://mobilesupport.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/HT080887
To reiterate, the D: partition is not made for your backup. It already contains the factory image. Use the USB Recovery Drive for your OS. Backup your user files to an external HD, CDs, or the cloud.
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I recently purchased a new MacBook Pro and used a Time Machine backup to transfer all the files from my old MacBook Pro to the new one.
If you used Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant to do that, when the first backup started, you should have gotten the prompt in #B5 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting. If you selected "Reuse Backup," Time Machine shouldn't be doing a full backup.
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Do I need to reformat the backup disc? Do I need a backup disc that's larger than my internal HD even if I'm not using all that space?
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Hi, I hope this question won't seem too basic but if I want to use a new larger external drive for my time machine backups, will it do a new full backup the first time I plug it in
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