TC not backing external hard drive connected to Powerbook G4

I have a Powerbook G4 which I use as a media server for our notebooks and Apple TV. I have a 500GB usb hard drive attached to the Powerbook for my iTunes library. I just got a Time Capsule and quickly setup backups with Time Machine because I have over 100GB of movies that I can't afford to lose. When the first backup was done I realized that the external hard drive was not backed up based on the amount of space left over on the TC. I then went to the TM preferences and realized that the external drive was on the "do not backup" list. So I highlighted it and clicked the "-" button to remove it from that list. The "total included" amount now reflected the internal and external drive combined data amount.
The problem now is that after several backups the TC has not backed up the external hard drive. How do I get it to start backing up this drive?
Thanks.

I have found the solution to this problem. After searching the internet for days I finally found what was preventing my external drive from being backed. It has to be formated in "Mac OS Extended journaled" format. So I had to move my library off the drive unto another one, reformat the drive then put everything back. As soon as I configured time capsule it started backing up the external drive without a problem. I hope this helps anyone who runs into this problem.

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Hello Apple Support Communities! This is my first post. Hope this finds you all well My first year as an Apple user. I bought a 2-Tb TC and am running my first backup to my MacBook as I write this.
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P/S: Apologee if this has already been discussed before, thus, a link to previous discussion thread would highly be appreciated)
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