How to configure Time Capsule to add another 2GB of storage via USB External Hard Drive?

Hi All, I've recently added an external 2GB hard drive via USB to my 1GB Time Capsule as I had reached capacity.  Time Capsule recognises the new 2GB hard drive so I know I have got that at least that bit right! But... I cant seem to figure out how to configure TC to add the extra 2GB to the current 1GB it already has for a total of 3GB?  Under 'Select Disk' I can select either one or the other but I can't find a way to 'merge' them both. So a couple of questions:
- Is this even possible?
- If I have to keep them seperate, is there way to select different folders to back up to the different drives? E.g. back up all my music files to one of disk and all my movie files to another?  I tried it but is seems like the options apply to time capsule regardless of the drive I select.
Any assistance you can provide would be most appreciated.
Regards, Justin

- Is this even possible?
Sorry, but no. You will not be able to combine the drives as one as the Time Capsule does not offer any type of RAID function.
- If I have to keep them seperate, is there way to select different folders to back up to the different drives? E.g. back up all my music files to one of disk and all my movie files to another?  I tried it but is seems like the options apply to time capsule regardless of the drive I select.
Not directly with Time Machine (TM). You would need another backup solution, and then, run two separate backups (with the specific folders of interest); one on each HDD.

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