It's not backing up all my data

Yesterday I started backing up on Time Capsule. I used an ethernet cable to my iMac and followed the directions in the Setup Guide. When it began it said that 112 GB would be backed up but my sparse bundle is only 26 GB. It seems to be doing hourly backups now with no intention of backing up the rest of the 112 GB.
What can I do?

grokgrok wrote:
What can I do?
see if you find pointers here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2057525#D5.
JGG

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