Sudden change in backup

Yesterday's 2 PM backup took the normal 5-7 minutes, but then the 3 PM backup took nearly 30 minutes, spending 20 minutes "Waiting for index to be ready". In between I removed a 2+ GB folder from HD (Apple's old Xcode 4.2), and ever since the backups are taking 20-30 minutes even after putting the folder back in place to see if that caused the problem. Is there a way to reset anything or check files, eg. the index? Or is it something else causing the slowness? The TC has 470GB available on a 1TB TC, so space is not the issue removing old backups, and there are no messages indicating anything it needs to or has done that. Anyway, suggestions welcome.

I found some information which indicated the problem was with the TC or the index on the TC, and founds some instructions to erase the data on the TC, the sparse bundle for the backups, and start over. It seems to be what other recommend and it's running now, 4 hours and 15 minutes to erase about 470 MB on a 1 TB TC. Since I have daily backups of all 4 HD's (Mac Pro) on a LaCie HD and a clone of the HD on another HD, the TC isn't as critical anymore.

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