Time Capsule died but I want the data off the drive

Hi All,
I too had my Time Capsule power supply die this past week. xx811xxxxxxxx.
I pulled the case apart to remove the eSATA drive.
I put it in an external case. I did this only after Apple said, no repairs, sorry.
I Bought the new 2TB unit and want to get my data off of the old unit drive that now resides in the external case. The old drive (500gb unit) mounts fine on the desktop with three icons, 1- Time Capsule, 1- APswap, 1- APconfig. I not only have computer disk backups but also a fair amount of regular data stored there. I could care less about the old computer backups. I want the other data but none of it shows up in the Time Capsule partition. I click on that partition and it only says alias is broken.
How do I get my data off of it?

The same happened to me regarding the TC, and I did exactly the same as you putting the disk in a new enclosure. However, I can see my data in the Time Capsule partition. In fact, I'm still using it as the Time Machine back-up. I simply pointed TM to it. Have you tried that?
Anyone know what the other two partitions are for, and can they be dismounted from the desktop without affecting the TM backup?

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Hello, I have either the 1st or 2nd generation Time Capsule which just recently died. Since this is my backup drive, I will need to get the data out of this. The tech specs say its a serial-ATA server grade Hard Drive. What kind of case do I need to remove the drive from the capsule and put it into a case so that I can successfully transfer data?
Would a 3.5 SATA case work? Is it something else? I've read about the repairs on these things, but am not interesting in soddering.
Much help would be appreciated.

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There are neat desk docking units you can buy where you drop the hard drive in the slot. A bit more than the bare cable.. easy peasy though.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/USB-2-5-3-5-SATA-IDE-Dual-HDD-Hard-Disk-Drive-Dock-Do cking-Station-HUB-Reader-/170926246068?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item27cbff88b 4&_uhb=1
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https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repairers
And kits available.. https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/time-capsule-power-supply-repair-kits
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Time capsule? Firstly I want to know if you can update your back-ups on a day-to-day basis? And is it possible to update another/different MacBook everyday from that same back-up?

The situation is my parents have a business and each have a MacBook, they want a system where they share files with each other. BUT they want it to be done automatically on a day to day basis. For example if my dad creates a quotation for a client of his, and my mom wants to come home with the laptop to work on this file. What must happen is that before my dad leaves, he backs up his MacBook to the Time Capsule (only the new files get updated) and then my mom will then click a button and it will update the new files that my dad has backed up to the Time Capsule. BUT it should also work the other way around.
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They do not want to create a central server where they manually have to go and save and fetch new files, they want it to be automatic.
The ironic thing is you are trying to use Time Machine as a central server.. only it is not.
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My time capsule appears in airport utility. It is ready to go. I have it on ethernet because airport isn't a very powerful wireless router. The time capsule does not appear in the finder. It does not appear in the disc utility. It does not appear in time machine. The airport utility will do factory resets, get it ready for internet, whatever. The rest of my net work can not see it.
I have done the finder preferences. I have restarted the computer, jiggered the sharing preferences, done factory resets, tried to find sparce bundles and sparse bundles, reset the finder, force quit finder, tried to find finder plsts, trawled the discussion pages, tried to find server addresses and apple ids. Nothing seems to work.
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I have a microwave modem on my roof. I don't think that has anything to do with this. I am not using my airport for a wireless router, only as a time capsule connected by ethernet. The Airport Utility calls my airport : Airport Extreme 802.11 ( 1st Generation )
Is the Time Capsule acting as your main router or is another device handling those services?
No, I have a lyncsis router. The wireless router function on airports doesn't seem to work very well. I don't think thats a problem with mine. My brothers have gone with lyncsis as well.
Was the Time Capsule visible in the Finder before, and is now "lost", or has it never appeared in the Finder?
It appeared on my previous laptop. That died. Now I have an imac. The airport has never appeared on the imac.
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