Yes, I did. TI restored an entire hard drive from the base .tib and 3.tib file, without the 2.tib file (which I have moved elsewhere). P.S....
Never mind. I tried it myself. It didn't work. After renaming the 3.tib file to 2.tib, TI generated an error while verifying the file's...
Just a thought... after you removed the 2.tib file, what if you rename the 3.tib to 2.tib?
Separate names with a comma.