TC File Sharing "With accounts" ability to choose hard drive?

Hi!
I've TC 1 TB, latest model (Early 2009 in Apple terms I suppose).
Can I have private folders in EXTERNAL USB drive for accounts?
I've created two user accounts via Airport Utility->Disks->Secure Shared Disks: With accounts.
User account 1 sees three kind of Sharepoints via Time Capsule's entry under Shared-category in Finder:
- external USB drive in whole
- entry for main level so internal disk inside TC
- dedicated account directory for this user account (let's say: account1) in TC's internal drive
User account 2 sees:
- external USB drive in whole
- entry for main level so internal disk inside TC
- dedicated account directory for this user account (let's say: account2) in TC's internal drive
If wanted scenario isn't possible in TC, how about Airport Extreme, can disks be controlled there separately?
Summa summarum: I'm trying to have poor man's fileserver in my home network. Target is to have common place for user's files (while maintaining privacy), no matter is the files accessed via MacBook or iMac.

CLARIFICATION:
Hi!
I've TC 1 TB, latest model (Early 2009 in Apple terms I suppose).
Can I have private folders in EXTERNAL USB drive for accounts?
I've created two user accounts via Airport Utility->Disks->Secure Shared Disks: With accounts.
User account 1 sees three kind of Sharepoints via Time Capsule's entry under Shared-category in Finder:
- external USB drive in whole (bad bad)
- entry for main level so internal disk inside TC
- dedicated account directory for this user account (let's say: account1) in TC's internal drive
User account 2 sees:
- external USB drive in whole (bad bad)
- entry for main level so internal disk inside TC
- dedicated account directory for this user account (let's say: account2) in TC's internal drive
If wanted scenario isn't possible in TC, how about Airport Extreme, can disks be controlled there separately?
Summa summarum: I'm trying to have poor man's fileserver in my home network. Target is to have common place for users' files (while maintaining privacy), so external USB drive for this purpose. TC's internal drive dedicated for Time Machine backups only.
BR,
-- MJo
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After the change, I have no access to "Music", "Photos" or "Videos" anymore.
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When connecting from either Windows or Mac I see two shares. One called "Volumename" and the other matching the user name. I think the user share actually points to /users/username.
When switching back to "With a disk password", all is like it was before - no files are lost, the "Music", "Photos" and "Videos" folders stay there, and so does all their content.
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mikkec wrote:
I recently got a brand new Time Capsule 1 TB. I have not copied any data to the internal (Airport) disk drive yet since I have been previously using a separate USB disk drive for Time machine backups and for storing other data. When I will have time I will just copy the data from the external USB drive to the Time capsule and use the Time capsule disk also for Time machine backups
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