Restoring files from a reformatted time capsule disk?

This sounds dumb, I know. I had a time capsule that wasn't taking backups anymore - I had that stupid privileges issue, and I couldn't figure it out. So, I figured that I would just wipe the whole thing clean since I had backups of my backups. However, there was data on the drive from my wife, who was using it as a server for some reason, and NOT keeping the files on her computer. She blames it on the macbook air she used to use and not have any space on, and had no choice but to use the time capsule to keep things on.
At any rate, long story short, is there any way to restore data from a reformatted time capsule? I tried techtool, but it doesn't see the drive. I also tried plugging in via USB and ethernet, but no go. Would the genius bar be able to help?
THanks, folks.

Hi,
No.
If you have no back up you will need to re-rip them. You cannot use match to retrieve music that is not on your computer or external hard drive.
Match can only scan the music that is in your library.
Jim

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