Time Capsule Died, Data Recovery Question

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.

Just go into a big computer shop or order it from ebay.. you just need the usb to sata cable and a power supply.. they sell it in a box for about $10. You only need it in a case holder if you intend to keep it that way.
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
Just type usb sata dock or holder or cradle into ebay.. and about 20,000 options will leap up at you.
The drive in the TC is 3.5" standard sata. Don't take the server drive too seriously.. that is the one and only 500GB seagate in the original Gen1.
To fix the TC you do not need to solder in parts yourself.. there is a list of people who can help you.
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
The units are a drop in replacement.. but change the TC from AC powered to DC powered.

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I discussed this issue with Apple Care at one point in the past when I was considering doing something similar to you. They informed me that Apple does NOT recommend or support using Time Machine over a network (ethernet) connection. They said Time Machine was not designed for it.
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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.
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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?
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Time Capsule died ...

I have had the misfortune of my PowerBook and Time Capsule both dying at the same time .... needless to say my data is gone.
while i have been lucky enough to have my documents backed up on dot mac.
i can get ALL my music off my iTouch
but its my photos.
two questions.
1. my time capsule can not be viewed in airport mode or via ethernet. mac help here in singapore can not view it either. they say NO DATA to be retrieved. the TC has all my music & photos stored on it PLUS my back up. is this a common issue? or am i just super unlucky? (funny thing is that it still works as wireless airport device no problem - so i can access the internet - just not my data)
2. anyone know anyway i can extract my thumb nail photos of my iTouch?
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If the photos are really valuable, take the Time Capsule's drive to a professional data recovery service. It will be expensive, but it's your best bet.
Alternatively, if you can't afford it, are technically minded and have access to a desktop PC, you could attempt the recovery yourself. The basic steps would be:
* Buy a SATA harddisk that's at least as big as the Time Capsule's drive.
* Attach both directly to the SATA bus of the desktop PC - *do not* use a caddy.
* Boot using a Linux LiveCD distribution such as the System Rescue CD:
http://www.sysresccd.org/
* Use the GNU ddrescue tool to clone the Time Capsule disk to the good drive. Make sure you identify the drives correctly so you don't clone the wrong way and make sure to use the ddrescue logfile facility so you can resume/run a second pass, logging this to a USB flashdrive (or the desktop PC's internal drive). Note that this operation relies on the TC drive not being completely dead and may take several days or longer. Search Google for advice/tutorials on how to use ddrescue – make sure it's the GNU one and not the older 'dd_rescue'.
Once you've cloned, you can run recovery tools on the clone drive without having to worry about impending hardware failure. I'd recommend firstly running PhotoRec (which is on the LiveCD) and copying off all the photos you find to the desktop PC's drive. This tool reads the raw disk rather than any sort of file allocation table, so if the data's there then there's a good chance it'll find it. Once you've done this, try DiskWarrior or a similar tool on the clone to repair it as much as possible – this may be quite successful.
This procedure's not for the faint-hearted, though, you need to be thorough and confident that you know what you're doing and willing to accept that you may destroy the data irretrievably if you make a mistake.

IMac - Time Capsule - TV (network bottleneck question)

I have a wireless Time Capsule being used as an external HD in addition to the Time Machine. The HD is housing my iTunes Library and I'm using it to house movies, music, etc. My question has to do with the way the media will transfer and if there's a bottleneck.
My iMac is on 802.11G talking to the Time Capsule as the wireless access point. My TV is hardwired to the TC via Ethernet. So, when TV requests media from iTunes on my iMac that it doesn't have synched, will the TV be able to get the media directly from the library on the TC (hardwired) or is there a bottleneck with the wireless iMac?
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some will tell you it will go TC > itunes > TC > tv, it may well do but I haven't seen any conclusive evidence of this one way or another.
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If this was not the case then there would be no need for itunes to be running in order to stream.
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How does Time Capsule treat data other than disk images?

Hi there
I have a 3TB TC to use primarily as a wireless backup, as intended by Apple.
However, I wish to temporarily transfer a couple of GBs of data to it for transferring across to another machine.
I seem able to do the above, but my question is: how does the TC treat the two different types of data?
- Is it a better idea to partition the drive first?
- Is the TC likely to automatically delete the original data, like it does with old disk images, when the disk gets full?
- Can the TC handle the disk images and the original data side-by-side?
Just need some help understanding the 'Apple Magic' with this one!
I do realise that having the original data on the TC won't help me if it fails, but like I said, this is a temporary measure. Please don't post about this, as you won't win yourself any points - you'll just look like a smart-*** and annoy everyone.
Thanks in advance!

1. The Time Capsule will not automatically delete data that wasn't originally put on it as part of a Time Machine backup.
2. It isn't possible to partition the Time Capsule. Network drives can only be partitioned by software specifically designed to work with that drive.
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Can I use an external drive for a 2nd time capsule backup? Other questions too

My setup:
1 Macbook Air
1 Mac mini as HTPC
1 Mac mini as a media server (5tb and growing) with external drives.
I want to get a 2tb time capsule to back up my laptop and mac mini that i use as a HTPC. Simple enough....
Since the new gen airport extremes support external drives to a time machine back up i want to plug a CineRAID device with 4 6TB drives (12gb of storage in a RAID) and use that as a backup for my media server. Could I just plug it directly into the mac mini? Yes, but i am trying to have the lest amount of clutter possible visible. So i want to put in a closet where my router is..
So can I plug in the CineRAID into the usb port for a 2nd time machine backup with massive storage?
Option 2:
Just get an airport extreme and use the CineRAID for a backup via USB...
Also, how much space does the airport extreme support? Like i said up time I am at 5tb but its growing fast

So can I plug in the CineRAID into the usb port for a 2nd time machine backup with massive storage?
There is conflicting advice about whether a RAID setup will work with Time Machine, so you can find information that will say that it will work and other info that will say that it will not. In general, Apple says that Time Machine must "see" the RAID drive as a single partition, but they also say that you need to check with the support folks at the drive manufacturer for more details.
The only way that you will know whether it will work or not on your network, is try it out on your network.
Please let us know about your results.
Just get an airport extreme and use the CineRAID for a backup via USB...
Same as above.
how much space does the airport extreme support?
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I have read about how this has happened to a number of users and I thought I was one of the lucky ones. But now, after almost 2 years, my 500GB Time Capsule has just died. Nothing special has happened leading up to its death, I just noticed the exclamation point in the menu bar icon and went to look at my time capsule and now power is going to it. I'm assuming it's out of warranty...am I just stuck with a pricey paper weight and all my backups gone?

Have a look hear if you haven't already :
http://timecapsuledead.org/
I took mine to an Apple Store (Regent Street, London) and after a bit of um'ing and arr'ing, they said "oh - the serial number is in a range which has shown defects" and gave me a brand new one (though still the older model - ****)
If it hadn't been for http://timecapsuledead.org/ I probably wouldn't have even bothered trying.
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Can't use Time Capsule as data storage beyond Time Machine?

I had thought that my 2TB Time Capsule could be used for:
1) Wi-Fi router
2) Time Machine backups of all my Apple computers
3) Data storage, i.e. a shared drive among all computers in my home to store/transfer files like a network drive
But from what I've been reading, it appears that #3 is not an option. I was going to erase my TC and start all over so that I could allocate maybe 1.5TB to backups and half a TB to storage for my home machines.
Is this not possible without physically dismantling the TC as suggested elsewhere? If so, then I guess I just have a WiFi router and space for backups.

In addition to the comments from LexShellings, if you want to reserve a given amount of space on the Time Capsule disk for your shared files, you can set up a Disk Image using Disk Utility on your Mac to do so.
What you cannot do....without a lot of effort and also voiding the warranty.....is "partition" the Time Capsule drive in the traditional sense.
But, since the Disk Image will reserve the space that you want for your shared files, it acts like a partition on the Time Capsule disk.
Before you set up the Disk Image for your shared files......you might want to think about how you will back up that Disk Image to another drive....so you have a backup of the shared files.

Time capsule lost data

Hi, I have just had my TC replaced it had no light on the front, it had been working fine for several months. I have been told the data is not reteivable. Can anyone tell me why this is the case? TA

Without more information about the problem, we'll have to guess a bit.
If the TC was non-operational due to an internal failure, it is probably not possible to connect to it to retrieve the data on the disk unless repairs are made first.
If the internal drive was not damaged, it might be possible to open the Time Capsule and remove the drive and transfer the data to another disk. This would normally be an operation for an experienced technician.

How to Access time capsule backup data on Airport Extreme

Hi All,
Thank you in advance.
The Problem : One of our Mac Book Air was stolen and we have the MBA backed up on Airport Extreme.
Currently we don't have another MBA that can do a full restore. I just want to access the Airport Extreme Time Capsule Data and get few files that is in the backups.
I have been searching for a solution and still can't find a way to do this. It is just 1 set of files inside the backup.
Thank you again for all the help.
G

Hi LaPastenague
I went over the pondini.org website, however still I can't access other users data T
I can go and review my own data.
The Data is backed up ( shared ) on Time Capsule ( which means all the users in the same house uses this one single time capsule to backup )
http://www.apple.com/airport-time-capsule/
## We currently don't know what was the username or password the user was using.
I am also looking at the pondini.org and
"With Accounts: this allows setting up separate accounts, each with its own password and folder. You can set up accounts and passwords that correspond to the ones on your Mac (but passwords must be changed separately), and/or you can create different ones. Each account may have permission to Read, or Read and Write, or Not allowed. This is not recommended for use with Time Machine backups, as no single user can see everything on the disk(s). That's especially important if there's a space problem -- you'd have to connect with each account in turn to see the whole picture. The backups for each Mac are protected by the usual permissions anyway, so in most cases this option is overkill. There are also a few minor differences in the content of some of the windows when selecting the backup destinations"
We are usuing this "With Accounts" settings

Time Capsule backup data not available

My Time Capsule had been attempting a backup for over 12 hours without any progress. I killed it, deleted the partial file, and started the backup cycle again. It has now been successful for 6 times since, but I cannot access any data prior to 3 Janurary 2009, 1:25 AM.
The 'tick' marks for each of the previous backup dates show along the right edge, but they begin to dim from the most recent to the earliest dates and then the data will not show for anything prior to yesterday.
Anybody have a clue what is going on???
I have used the Finder to view the files on the hard drive and there seems to be data in them for the various dates, but when using the Time Capsule interface, they will not show.

My Time Capsule had been attempting a backup for over 12 hours without any progress. I killed it, deleted the partial file, and started the backup cycle again. It has now been successful for 6 times since, but I cannot access any data prior to 3 Janurary 2009, 1:25 AM.
The 'tick' marks for each of the previous backup dates show along the right edge, but they begin to dim from the most recent to the earliest dates and then the data will not show for anything prior to yesterday.
Anybody have a clue what is going on???
I have used the Finder to view the files on the hard drive and there seems to be data in them for the various dates, but when using the Time Capsule interface, they will not show.

Airport Express (g version) & Time Capsule (n version) integration question

I currently have an Airport Express (g version). When I add my new Time Capsule (with n), will my iMac Intel duo (with n), pick the wireless feed from the Time Capsule or the slower Airport Express? Is there some way to designate the Time Capsule? And in this mix, I have a 12" Powerbook.

It's not the actual posted speeds that limit the speed of a network, but the technology with which the devices are connecting. So, an 802.11n network will be dragged down to 802.11g speeds if an 802.11g client joins. Whether or not this client is getting the full 54 Mbps out of the connection, other n clients joining the network will be at 802.11g speeds. They may be getting the full 54 Mbps even if the g client is getting, let's say, 48 Mbps out of his connection. This is because the 802.11n router has to go down to the lowest common denominator (802.11g) for all connected devices to work.
As for your initial question, I'd highly suggest setting your Time Capsule to 802.11n only 5 GHz as the main router, and hardwire your Express having it set up as an 802.11b/g bridge for b/g devices. This means your n devices get n speeds and g devices don't slow things down. This is called a dual band setup, and each band will have it's own unique SSID, so n devices can't "accidentally" switch over to the b/g network, or vice versa.
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Mounting Time Capsule drive - total newbie question

I'm a total Mac newbiew, so please bear with me.
There are alot of threads in this forum that talk about 'manually mounting' a time capsule drive. What is this manual mounting, what's the point of doing it, and how do you do it?
My Time Capsule shows up under the Shared menu in Finder and I can access it from there. Is access to the disk via this link slower than mounting it or something?
Lastly, my TC is connected to my Mac Mini via an ethernet cable. How can I check that the Mac is talking to the TC disk via this connection rather than over the wireless network that the TC is providing?

By "mounting" people are meaning seeing the Time Machine disk icon actually showing on the desktop. I can only think of 2 reasons for this, 1) time saving if people use the disk for other purposes as well as Time Machine and need to access it regularly, and 2) If it mounts, it proves you have connectivity.
Doing it from the finder sidebar is effectively the same thing, only you are doing it instead of getting the system to do it. Your initial access to the drive may be noticeably slower for a couple of seconds until it mounts is all, nothing worth worrying about
See here for more info if you are interested in mounting it automatically:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1446928
As for your last question, unless your wireless and wired connection talk to different networks, then turn off your wireless and used the wired connection.

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