Connecting a WD my book directly to a time capsule

I have a time capsule 1TB that is full as it has backups of 2 computers already. I want to backup a third computer (new macbook air).
I bought a WD mybook 2TB drive. I was advised that I can plug it directly into the time capsule via USB and then backup wirelessly through the time capsule.
I realise there is probably some formatting and setup I have to do, can anyone help with this??
Thanks!

Time Machine requires a drive that is formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled), also known as HFS+, so that would be item one on your "to do" list before you connect the drive to the Time Capsule. You have to connect the drive directly to your Mac for the format operation.
http://www.hgst.com/support/faqs/how-format-my-drive-mac-only-hfs
Item two, once the drive is formatted correctly and connected to the USB port on the Time Capsule, you need to verify that the Time Capsule recognizes the drive by using AirPort Utility. Open up AirPort Utility, click on the Time Capsule icon, and click Edit in the smaller window that appears, then click the Disks tab at the top of the next window.
Here you will see the Time Capsule drive....named "Data" unless you have changed the name of the drive, and your WD drive. If the WD drive name appears here, you are ready for the next step.
Item three would be to open up Time Machine Preferences on the Mac that you want to use to backup to the WD drive, and click Select Disk to display a list of drives that will accept Time Machine backups. Click the WD Drive to select it, then click Use Disk and the Mac will start to back up in a few minutes.

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Use the time capsule to back up (via Time Machine) the data on both my macbook's HDD and the external HDD
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Will Time Machine allow me to back up both the internal HDD and external HDD that is connected to the time capsule?
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Does the time capsule need to be turned on 24/7? Or can it just be turned on when I need to perform a back up / access the information on the external HDD?
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Physically connect an external HDD to the time capsule, put media on this external HDD and access it wirelessly on my macbook
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