Rescuing files on a time machine sparesbundle image

I have a Time Machine backup on a Time Capsule that is obviously corrupt -- when Time Machine runs, deletes a previous backup and then stops and ejects the time machine disk image. I ran Disk Utility on it for over 12 hours, and it definitely found problems, but the repair process never ended.
I think I should start with a new sparebundle image (Time Machine was using one that I had created manually to limit the maximum size), but I'd like to try to copy the files from the old sparseimage file to the new one. Is this possible? Since the two files would have the same name (Nameofbackupmachine_ethernetaddress.sparsebundle), I would have to copy the old image to my desktop and then copy its contents using Disk Utility to the Time Capsule, right?

Pondini wrote:
odysseus wrote:
I'd like to try to copy the files from the old sparseimage file to the new one. Is this possible?
Probably not. And you really don't want to, anyway.
The Finder won't copy everything properly for the new backups to work with TM, because of the unusual structure of TM backups, using "multi-links." You can use the Restore tab of Disk Utility to duplicate a partition from one disk to another, but that won't work on a Time Capsule.
Ah, I was hoping that Disk Utility could do the duplication.
Even if it would, it would copy whatever is corrupted (or fail when it encountered it), and you'd be no better off.
Unless you think your TC is failing, Your best bet is to use Airport Utility to erase it and let TM start over.
Wait a second. The spareimage file is certainly corrupt, but why do I need to erase the entire TM? I have other stuff there as I use it as a file server.

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