Bootable Time Machine with Lion 10.7.2 - Boot Camp issues.

Hey all,
I have done as I was told and updated Lion as the updates have appeared. Now, it seems, I have a bootable Time Machine drive where before, I have not been able to boot from the Time Machine drive (never installed a System folder, etc.).
The problem here is that when I try to use Boot Camp and still have my Time Machine drive installed, (I see the drive when holding the option key to select boot drive), Boot camp gets "stuck" not knowing how to boot unless I disconnect the Time Machine drive. It appears that Windows thinks that it has two boot drives and doesn't know what to do, until the Time Machine drive is pulled.
Anyone else, or is this just me?
And when did Lion install the bootable folder on Time Machine??
Thanks

owngoal wrote:
You say your "backups still turn up corrupted now and then" - how do you know? Is it only when you try to access them that you will know this?
Sometimes a backup will fail, sometimes you can't access them, sometimes you'll get this message:
See #C13 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting for details.
And by this stage is it too late to recover anything?
Sometimes. Sometimes they can be repaired by Disk Utility. Sometimes only a heavy-duty 3rd-party disk repair app like DiskWarrior ($100) can fix them. Sometimes nothing can. Sometimes you can restore some individual items, sometimes not. Sometimes you can do a full system restore from some backups, other times not.
does it help that I am using a Gigabit WIRED connection between iMac - 10/100/1000 switch - Airport Extreme Base Station?
Probably -- you won't have WIFI interference.
But if you have an iMac, why not just connect the external HD directly to your Mac? That's much faster and more reliable (and supported).
You'd need to erase the disk in that case, since Time Machine won't bother with a sparse bundle at all on a direct backup. Just format the disk as GUID, with Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and let 'er rip!

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