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<blockquote data-quote="thurstmw" data-source="post: 1244339" data-attributes="member: 174116"><p>Symbolic links are for sure the way to go. The great part about them is once they are setup you can just act like you have one hard drive. I even remove my HDD from the sidebar in finder. Your backup wont backup what is behind the symbolic links but if you backup both drives and restore the drive with the same names the links should still work. </p><p></p><p>I dont like moving the home folder. I tried it for a while and experienced a lot of errors. Also if I remember correctly its kind of an all or nothing setup, I appreciate being able to pick and choose the specific folders which I want to move.</p><p></p><p>Some cheaper optical bay caddies will cause problems with sleeping if the system drive is in them. Just something to think about with placement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thurstmw, post: 1244339, member: 174116"] Symbolic links are for sure the way to go. The great part about them is once they are setup you can just act like you have one hard drive. I even remove my HDD from the sidebar in finder. Your backup wont backup what is behind the symbolic links but if you backup both drives and restore the drive with the same names the links should still work. I dont like moving the home folder. I tried it for a while and experienced a lot of errors. Also if I remember correctly its kind of an all or nothing setup, I appreciate being able to pick and choose the specific folders which I want to move. Some cheaper optical bay caddies will cause problems with sleeping if the system drive is in them. Just something to think about with placement. [/QUOTE]
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