I can't enable the ownership of my back-up volume via get info. Any other suggestions?

Hi people, My external hard drive is not working well. When I try to make a time-machine back up a window pops up: ‘Mac-OSX can’t repair the disk. You can still open or copy files on the disk, but you can’t save changes to files on the disk. Back up the disk and reformat it as soon as you can’. So now I am trying to copy my back-up files to another disk so I can reformat it. But when I try to do that, the following text appears: The backup files can’t be copied because the backup volume doesn’t have ownership enabled. The problem is that I can’t enable the ownership of the back-up volume.

ALF316 wrote:
Yes its my Time Machine disk that’s damaged. What can I do now? Format the disk and loose all my back-ups?
You may be able to restore individual items, or even an entire backup, as long as you don't happen to hit the damaged area(s).  But yes, your only real option is to erase the disk and start over.  When you do that, you might want to take the time to have Disk Utility write zeros to the entire disk (see section (b) in the blue box of #1 in Using Disk Utility if you're not sure how to do that) -- if that fails, you know the disk itself is failing and must be replaced.  If it succeeds, the drive may be ok.
And how can I prevent this in the future. I know at least I had to have a second back up disk but I never did that.
You probably don't know yet what caused it.  If it's the disk failing, obviously you need a new one.  Other things that can cause disk corruption are power blips, being disconnected improperly, or your Mac crashing or losing power while the disk is connected, especially during a backup.
For power problems, the best solution is a U.P.S. (battery backup) system.  A good surge protector will protect against power spikes, but not dips or sudden loss of power.
I allready tried several times to change ownership with Get Info but I can’t. I don’t see a checkmark and the
section isn’t clickable either. Any other suggestions?
The screenshot is of your TM drive.  The message is about the drive you're trying to copy to, such as:

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