Internal Disc Needs Repair - Archiving TC?

The hard drive on my Time Capsule suddenly stopped working and where no longer visible or accessible, with the message “internal drive needs repair”. I googled the internet, called the apple service provider and more. They said that to go to a data extractor wouldcost me S$ 600-700, more than my Time Capsule cost me in the first place, on google they said you could open the Time Capsule and access the hard drive there, but I’m no computer wizard and would probably just mess things up(and mess up the warranty as well).
I read something about archive, but I am not sure if I have understood how it works completely. Can I archive the files on my disk(the filesis a bit over 1 TB) to an external drive, get a new Time Capsule(covered by thewarranty) and then just upload all my files, and it would be as nothing happend? Is it that easy? Would the archived files downloaded to my external hard drive be accessible files(usable from the external drive)? Or just one file that needs to be transferred back to the new Time Capsule? It is not the settings, nor the back up of the Mac that is important, but years of pictures taken on travels, documents from school etc.
I am afraid that if I "select archive to transfer the data from my Time Capsule to and AirPort disc connected via USB" I might not get the result i had hoped for(the full access to my files as they used to appare on my old TC) and by the time I get my new Time Capsule(and deliver my old broken one to Apple) it would be to late if this do not work.
Hope anyone can help me! What is the best, easiest and cheapest way to get my files back?
Thank you all for your help

eivindaamli wrote:
Can I archive the files on my disk(the filesis a bit over 1 TB) to an external drive, get a new Time Capsule(covered by thewarranty) and then just upload all my files, and it would be as nothing happend?
Hard to tell, yet.
It's not clear whether there's a problem with the drive, or if the backups on it are corrupted.  Try repairing them, per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.  The results of that should tell us something.
If the internal HD really has failed or is failing, you probably can't "archive" it, per the green box in #Q6 of Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule.
If the backups are corrupted beyond repair, the best you can hope for is to copy them "as is."  But it's quite likely the copy will be even worse than the original.

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