Cannot find time machine

I bought the Time capsule over Christmas.  Set it up and it worked fine.  a month ago it kept telling me cannot back up time machine.  I reset it to factory settings after I tried everything else on line to fix it.  I have set it up and now I cannot find time machine.  I turn Time Mchine to ON and it takes me to the screen that should have my time capsule...but it says "Set up other time capsule (set up a time capsule that is not listed here)"
I click on that and then clic on "Open Airport Utility"
I can see my Time Capsule.  It has a green light on my computer and on the acutal machine.  AirPort Utility says it found it and all the settings are correct.  I go through until I get the end and hit FINISH.
(I have updated to Lion after Christmas..don't know if that caused the issue)
THere is no Time Machine icon on my desk top.  Where is it?
Thanks!
Kara

kara1234 wrote:
when I do that I can see my "Kara's Time Capsule" on the very far left.  Under "This pane shows your AirPort disks...there is nothing.  It says No disks found
That being the case... Do as Eric Ross suggested and take it to your Apple Store for repair...

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