Working from Logic files on old Time Machine back up

Hi there.
Apologies if this is a bit a newbie question, I'm not new to apple, but new to using Time Machine in these circumstances.
This is my issue. I have a 2.0ghz Dual core 500GB hd iMac in my semi pro music studio. I back up to a 1TB hd using Time Machine. The iMac was beginning to get very slow I guessed because it was 470 gb full, so I made sure the back up was completed, then I did a complete fresh install of Snow Leopard (up from Leopard).
All good so far.
Now, everything back up and running, reinstalled Logic Studio, all plug ins etc etc, but I wanted to keep the computer fairly clear of files etc, so I was hoping to be able to work from the timemachine files. Now I guess I shouldn't use the same external hd with time machine now because it will start backing up the new almost empty Snow Leopard version. But here's the issue. I open a Logic Session from the back up and it all works, plays, I can make edits to the midi, audio, but as soon as I want to save I get a series of spool and permissions error messages. It seems to work if I save the file to my desktop and work from there though. But then I don't have this saved on an HD...
Does any one have any suggestions here?
Would it work if I bought a new hd, plugged them both into a USB hub, imported tracks I want to use from the old hd and time back up using time machine to a new hd?
To add another spin to the issue, I am also using a 15" i7 Quad MacBookPro. I want to use this in place of the iMac however I already have a USB input shortage (3 on my iMac version) and use a 2nd monitor. My macbook has the thunderbolt port... Does anyone know of any hubs using Thuderbolt?

Lloyd Elis wrote:
How do i delete & reformat my time machine external back up drive & start reusing it again as a time machine back up facility??
Welcome to Leopard Forums:
If you repartition your drive it's quick and works fine.
Using disk utility, create two partitions on the drive and then repartition into a single partition.
When creating two partitions, be sure to overrun the existing data. You should get a warning about losing all data, which is what you want.
Leave everything else alone.
Message was edited by: nerowolfe

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