Time Machine, has it changed, if so why ?

Hi all, i have as of yesterday upgraded to Mountain Lion from Lion.
When i previously used Time Machine with Lion i used two seperate external Disc Drives at different times and not very regular either, LOL, and Time Machine seemed to cope very well, allowing me to select which disc i wanted each time.
NOW when i used Time Machine with Mountain Lion it confused me to ****, by asking which of the two Drives i wanted to use, if i wanted to use BOTH i had to use each alternately, anyway i selected to use just the one.
So has Mountain Lion completely changed the way Time Machine works, and will i, at a later date be able to use two seperate disc drives again. I didnt fully understand what TM was telling me to do !.
Tim

I would refer you to the expert here:
     http://pondini.org/OSX/Home.html
Hope this helps

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    Tom Baker1 wrote:
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    pheadlessg wrote:
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