Cannot acces time capsule backups

i have a time machine( 1tb 8 months old) which i use to backup both an imac and mbp but it has now decided to give up backing up. if i click time machine it comes up with 'you haven't setup a loction to backup' so when i click on setup time machine i try to select the data folder but icomes up with
"You do not have the necessary read, write and append privileges on the selected network backup disk."
i have installed the helper widget but that just says status of backup unknown
Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://Arron%[email protected]/Data
NetAuthConnectToServerSync failed with error: 64 for url: afp://Arron%[email protected]/Data
the backup files seem to all be there but i just wont let me access it. i have tries a soft/hard and default reset to no avail
please help

Hi, and welcome to the forums.
It's possible the preferences file is corrupted. Try a "full reset" per #A4 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum).
If that doesn't help, Repair your backups, per #A5 there.

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