1 Time Capsule, now Two show up in Time Machine "select disk" window

In both the keychain window and the time machine preferences "select disk" window I now see two Time Capsules; listed like this:
afp://<admin name> Time Capsule._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Data
afp://<admin name>-Time-Capsule.local/Data
The First one is listed in the "Backup Disks", the second one is listed in the "Available Disk" section, below that.
This all came about after I had fixed an
"Error: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-50 "The operation couldn’t be completed."
problem based on pondini's solution in the forum; "remove the .inProgress package in Backups.backupdb"
after struggling with this, the system required me to change/add/verify passwords for Time Capsule and somehow I wound up with two disks.
Now, I have the option to "Remove Disk", but is the the correct disk to remove or is this the "real" disk?
So, two things: which is the actual disk that time machine is backing up to, and if the wrong disk is the one in the "Available Disk" panel, how do I remove it, since the only option is "Use Disk"?
Image below:

sheltonfromnashville wrote:
Grrr...I did the reset button, which fixed things literally for five minutes. Now I have a network that shows up, and my Time Capsule shows up, but, ah, I can't seem to connect wirelessly to the Internet. I appreciate everyone's help, but I think at this point that I'm going to have to bring in a professional.
How old is the TC? They can become flakey just before they die.
Are you running Lion? It has made networking painful.
I recommend you do the full factory reset.. which means power off the TC and power on holding in the reset for around 15sec. This gets it back to strict factory.
Setup the wireless with manual settings.. change the name of the 5ghz so it is different to 2.4ghz. That stops the client swapping around.. join to one or the other depending on your setup. Fix the wireless channels.. to stop the TC swapping around .. there is just too much auto swapping going on for the things to be stable.
If it doesn't work get the TC checked.. it could be broken.

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