Reformatting Time Capsule Without Losing Backups

Here's my dilema: I was visiting a friend and attempted to join his wifi network. While joining his network I was prompted by time capsule to create a network name and type in a password. I made the mistake of doing this (I'm not sure what I was thinking). Apparently I hijacked his time capsule and have locked him out from backing up his computer and even accessing his backups. He's unable to log on at all. Has anyone ever made this mistake? OR does anyone know of methods of reformatting time capsule without him losing his backups? I apologize if this is vague... Clearly I have limited experience with time capsule.
Best,
Jake

LOL.. you can simply press reset..
The soft reset will change all the passwords to default for 5min and he can change them during that time.
See resets
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3728
Soft reset you just touch for the reset for a second or two.
No reset.. soft hard or factory will wipe data from the drive.

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