Time Machine backs up 256G SSD but now skips the internal 1TB ATA

Hi,
Time Machine has been working flawlessly for over a year. But now something strange is happening. TM reflects changes on my 256G SSD internal drive but not my internal 1TB ATA drive. I have an iMac i7 2011. I have an external 2TB WD drive that I backup to and it's nowhere near at capacity. My 1TB ATA, under TM, shows me a state that's a few weeks old and no changes I make are backed up, even when I perform a manual backup.
I've checked the console log. There's nothing out of the ordinary:
28/05/12 8:29:18 PM
com.apple.backupd[2535]
Starting standard backup
28/05/12 8:29:18 PM
com.apple.backupd[2535]
Backing up to: /Volumes/My Book/Backups.backupdb
28/05/12 8:29:19 PM
com.apple.backupd[2535]
No pre-backup thinning needed: 835.7 MB requested (including padding), 1.62 TB available
28/05/12 8:29:23 PM
com.apple.backupd[2535]
Copied 383 files (75 KB) from volume iMac-HD-SSD-256GB.
28/05/12 8:29:24 PM
com.apple.backupd[2535]
Copied 388 files (75 KB) from volume iMac-HD-ATA-1TB.
28/05/12 8:29:25 PM
com.apple.backupd[2535]
Starting post-backup thinning
28/05/12 8:29:25 PM
com.apple.backupd[2535]
No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
28/05/12 8:29:25 PM
com.apple.backupd[2535]
Backup completed successfully.
I'm about to give up on TM.
Thanks,
Vanessa

Forgive me, but how do you know it's not backing it up?
The log you posted shows data copied from both iMac-HD-SSD-256GB and iMac-HD-ATA-1TB. Those are the SSD and HD, aren't they?
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