Help with using anywhere backup on WD My Book studio II

I'm an artist, not a gook, so hardward issues can really mess with me.
I set up a WD My Book studio II as an external hd backup for photogrpahs last Dec. I can't get it to use anywhere backup, nor can I find any info to help me... Spent 2 hours messing with this and am quite frustrated.

I've got same disk and i don't use anywhere backup. Time Machine works with this drive. If you're a photograph you can use Aperture and it's bank features to save your photos. How ever you don't have to think about anything with Time Machine, just select the drive, and may be the repertory you don't want to save. It's done.

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"Time machine couldn't coplete the backup to Rick's backup disk". "Unable to complete backup. an error occurred while creating the backup folder".
See #C10 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting
"Time Machine couldn't complete the backup to "Rick's Backup Disk". An error occurred while copying files. The problem may be temporary. If the problem persists, use disk utility to repair your backup disk."
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.Parameters.Add("Emp_Position", OracleDbType.Varchar2).Direction = ParameterDirection.Output
.Parameters.Item("Emp_Position").Size = 50 'max number of characters for employee position
Try
.ExecuteNonQuery()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
Exit sub
End Try
End With
sPosition = cmd.Parameters.Item("Emp_Position").Value.ToString
'close Oracle command
If Not Cmd Is Nothing Then Cmd.Dispose()
Cmd = Nothing
'close Oracle connection
If Not ORConn Is Nothing Then
If not ORConn.State = 0 Then
ORConn.Close()
End If
ORConn.Dispose()
End If
ORConn = Nothing
If UCase(sPosition) = "MANAGER" Then
Me.Hide()
Dim CallMenu As New Menu()
CallMenu.ShowDialog()
End If
LoginBtn.Enabled = False
End Sub
If you need further assistance with the code, please let me know.
Regards,
M. R.

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