Can I copy time capsule data and use new external HD

Hi All-
I've been scouring the net and cant seem to find an answer. Hopefully someone here can help.
I have a Time Capsule that is nearly filled. It is giving me error messages each night it tries to backup saying that there is too much on my computer to backup.
So, I went out and bought a 4TB Western Digital external drive. I want to copy all the data from the time capsule onto the new hard drive (so I dont loose any of my older backups) and then have the time capsule use that same WD drive as my new backup.
I have seen there are ways to copy from time machine drives to new drives, but I was under the impression time machine uses a different kind of backup method than a time capsule. Is that true? Can someone point me to a place that explains how exactly I would copy the drive in the time capsule... (I understand I need to use Disk Util, but I cant get the TC drive to show up in that program)...
Also, is there a way to instruct time capsule to stop using its own internal drive and use the drive connected to its USB for the backups? I think Apple's answer is no, but I dont know if thats really the case or not...
Thanks much-
Daber

David Bertman wrote:
The backup was via an ethernet cable from the mac to the TC. (I also have it set up to run via wifi. Would that affect things?) Would there be different symptoms if the backup had stalled midway through?
Just trying to rule out a bad WIFI connection, and it will be much faster via Ethernet.
I didnt repair the backups first (I'm not really sure how to do that --- is it through disk utils and repair permissions like a normal drive?) I get nervous messing around with the "Backups.backupdb" files so I generally leave them alone.
Close. It's +*repair disk+*, not permissions. See #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum), for a brief explanation and instructions.
If the backups on the TC were corrupted, that would have been copied to the external HD, potentially causing Time Machine to start a new set.
But, I did enter time machine and saw that the old backups were there (and when I did your other suggestion of going to the browse option, it now shows two identically named backups -- one from the original TV and one from the new 4tb drive. But when I enter each they are separate backups -- the original one with the older backups and the new one with the single 1 day backup.
That confirms it -- for whatever reason, Time Machine started a new set.
You asked if there were two sparce bundles... I dont see any sparce bundles. I'm ONLY seeing the "backup.backups" folders when I mount the drives... Should I be seeing sparce bundles? Could that be an issue?
The Backups.backupdb folder should be inside a sparse bundle named the same as your computer. All backups done over a network (via Ethernet or WIFI) are done that way; those done to a locally-connected drive have that folder at the top level of the drive.
If you look at the external HD via the Finder, you'll see them; if you then double-click either, it will mount, and you can see the Backups.backupdb folder inside it. And you're right; be +*very careful+* not to move, change, or delete anything there.
I'd suggest this: Turn Time Machine off, and use Airport Utility to disconnect the external from the TC (start Airport Utility, click +Manual Setup,+ then Disks in the toolbar, then +Disconnect all Users.+ Each user will then get a message).
Then connect the external directly to your Mac. Repair the old sparse bundle, per #A5 (it will take a long time, but be much faster this way). If it has errors that Disk Utility can't fix, see the pink box in #A5.
If there are no problems, or they're fixed, delete the new sparse bundle via the Finder. That may take a while. Then eject the disk, reconnect it to the Time Capsule, and do a "full reset" per #A4 in Troubleshooting. Then re-select the external as your TM volume, and start a backup. Open the external disk via the Finder; if Time Machine again creates a new sparse bundle, you're pretty much stuck with it making a separate set of backups.

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