Time Capsule internal disc needs repair

Have erased my Time Capsule version 7.6.4 and it now has a flashing yellow light , says Internal disc needs repair

It depends .. read the bottom .. first line of the rubber molding.. A1302 it is Gen2.
A1355 it is Gen3.
They use very different drives.. the Gen2 often have issues with WD black which could be dead but it can also be the power supply.
Gen 3 use 1TB samsung, 2TB WD green and the power supply is usually ok.
If you can access it in the Airport Utility do a full low level format.
Choose the one pass erase. Called Zero Out Data.
If this doesn't work or is not available you can have other issues.. replace the power supply if gen2 or replace the disk if gen3.
See http://embeddedideation.com/2014/03/dissecting-the-airport-express/
Pull out the drive and test it in a USB to sata holder.. if it works ok then power supply is bad. That is common on gen2.
But the WD black are also pretty poor after 5years.. you really have had full and fruitful life out of it.

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Airport Time capsule "internal drive needs repair". brand new out of the box.
ModelA1470 Running one newish mac mini mountan lion. Airport utility 6.3
Also I can not enter the serial number into web site so I can't get help

Take it straight back to the store for replacement. It is faulty.. there is no fix you can do from outside. Even if there was, I would still say it is Apple's problem.. and a disk should never go bad in that length of time..
You would think after the debacle with Seagate drives in the imacs they would never touch them again.

Time Capsule - Internal disk need repair message

Hey.
Got TC -2 TB version with latest firmware.
was used to be my media server.....formally
now it's just white box...
suddenly one night , wasnt able to connect to TC, on check green light was active..
but wasnt communicating and internet was down.
did restart- power down and up.
after that HDD not showing in finder window at all, and airport shows "internal disk need repair" tried few things but no luck
any idea to recover datat, how reliable is diskwarrior, data recovery softwares. can they see unmounted disk at all????
help.

All hard disks have stated MTBF.. Mean Time Between Failures.. but that is Mean ie average.. some disks go early and some go seemly forever.. but 50% of the disks will be dead at the MTBF point.
A TC that is only 7 months old is under warranty.. Apple will replace the TC for you. They will not recover data.
If you have data on the TC it should only be Time Machine backups which means they are not important if you immediately make a new backup to another target disk. If you copied files to the TC without making backup you are very naughty.. you broke the rules.. that you never ever trust files to a single location. Now you have to pull apart your TC voiding the warranty (although if you do it carefully who is to know).. remove the hard disk and attempt recovery.. !! It is usually a simple loss of format.. tools like mentioned above can fix that and recover the files.. if not you send the drive to a data recovery centre where your data is mangled and recovered as best as they can do.. at a cost of around.. $500-1000 depending on size and problems.. get a quote first.

HT4522 WHAT should I do?-the message says "internal disc needs repair"

WHAT SHOULD I DO? THE MESSAGE re. MY TIME CAPSULE says "INTERNAL DISC NEEDS REPAIR"

Please check out the following Pondini Time Machine troubleshooting article.

My back up is not working. I get a error message, "internal disc needs repair" Any idea what this means?

Hi, as above, back up not working, message "internal disc needs repair". Can somebody help with the meaning of this.
Thank you.

click "utilities folder">open "disc utility" click on your disc> click "repair disc" in the lower right hand corner

Internal Disc Needs Repair - Archiving TC?

The hard drive on my Time Capsule suddenly stopped working and where no longer visible or accessible, with the message “internal drive needs repair”. I googled the internet, called the apple service provider and more. They said that to go to a data extractor wouldcost me S$ 600-700, more than my Time Capsule cost me in the first place, on google they said you could open the Time Capsule and access the hard drive there, but I’m no computer wizard and would probably just mess things up(and mess up the warranty as well).
I read something about archive, but I am not sure if I have understood how it works completely. Can I archive the files on my disk(the filesis a bit over 1 TB) to an external drive, get a new Time Capsule(covered by thewarranty) and then just upload all my files, and it would be as nothing happend? Is it that easy? Would the archived files downloaded to my external hard drive be accessible files(usable from the external drive)? Or just one file that needs to be transferred back to the new Time Capsule? It is not the settings, nor the back up of the Mac that is important, but years of pictures taken on travels, documents from school etc.
I am afraid that if I "select archive to transfer the data from my Time Capsule to and AirPort disc connected via USB" I might not get the result i had hoped for(the full access to my files as they used to appare on my old TC) and by the time I get my new Time Capsule(and deliver my old broken one to Apple) it would be to late if this do not work.
Hope anyone can help me! What is the best, easiest and cheapest way to get my files back?
Thank you all for your help

eivindaamli wrote:
Can I archive the files on my disk(the filesis a bit over 1 TB) to an external drive, get a new Time Capsule(covered by thewarranty) and then just upload all my files, and it would be as nothing happend?
Hard to tell, yet.
It's not clear whether there's a problem with the drive, or if the backups on it are corrupted. Try repairing them, per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting. The results of that should tell us something.
If the internal HD really has failed or is failing, you probably can't "archive" it, per the green box in #Q6 of Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule.
If the backups are corrupted beyond repair, the best you can hope for is to copy them "as is." But it's quite likely the copy will be even worse than the original.

Airport Utility says "Internal disk needs repairs".

I've had my Time Capsule for quite a while, and never had any problems with it. I keep my iTunes library on it, which is around 130GB of music. Recently, I had my iPod that held all my music had a hard-drive problem and I had to get it replaced and haven't received the new one yet. So the only place my music library is is on the Time Capsule. Lately it had been giving me problems while I was copying files in iTunes to it, and would disconnect in the middle, but when I unplugged it and plugged it in again (resetting did nothing) it would be fine until I was copying files to it again. Today, it did this multiple times, and then Airport Utility popped up saying the "internal disk needs repairs". I've read other people who had this problem, but the only thing I can find is that they had to erase it and then it was fine. I have the music library backed up on CDs from a few months ago, but I would really prefer to have the complete one as it stands now. Is there any way for me to fix this problem without erasing the entire hard-drive? I want those files!

Welcome to the discussions!
Open your Hard Drive and look for your Time Capsule on the left under the SHARED heading.
Click the TC icon and a TC folder will display to the right.
Double click this folder to display the xxxx.sparsebundle files that contain all of your backups.
Double click on the xxxx.sparsebundle file for your computer. If a window pops up with a "skip" option, click "skip". A white disk image of your backups will appear on your desktop in a few minutes.
Open Hard Drive > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility
Select your backup image in Disk Utility and click Verify
Depending on how large your backup is, it may take hours for Disk Utility to check your disk
If Disk Utility reports errors, click Repair to see if that will fix the issues.

Can I use the time capsule internal hard drive for file storage?

Can I configure the Time Capsule internal HD to function as a network file server as well as handling time machine backups?
Can the internal HD be partitioned?

This is asked several times a day.. obviously people are struggling with their latest SSD being too small.
The TC is not suitable for network file server.. but many people having no choice press it into service as such.
It cannot be partitioned. It was and is and ever shall be a backup device for Time Machine.
Major issues.
1. No backup.. no way Time Machine can backup a network drive. No place to backup to.. So all your files will be at risk. And you will need to buy a third party like CCC to do backup.
2. The TC cannot be partitioned and mixing TM backups and data is not great.
3. The drive is slow to spin up and quick to spin down.. there is no controls.
4. iPhoto in particular can easily corrupt its entire library with wireless networking causing a disconnection to one photo. Even if you do this;;; do not move your photo library... you have been warned!!
5. iTunes will constantly lose connection to the library. The disk is too slow to respond.. itunes on the computer will constantly spit out errors. Even in the midst of streaming the TC can spin down the disk due to caching.
6. Do not use any live files on the TC no matter what else you do.. if you edit files in whatever program the file must be on the local hard disk.
7. The only suitable location for most libraries is a computer. You can plug in an external hard disk.
Read pondini for some work arounds.
Q3 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html

7.5.2 Firmware Update causing Ambar Flashing / Internal Disk needs Repair

I just updated my firmare to 7.5.2 on my 2TB TimeCapsule, and after a couple of days my access to the TimeCapsule feature stopped working because I got a message theta says: "internal disk needs repair".
I been noticing that a lot of people here, in the forum, are having the same problems. I have tried downgrading to a previous version of the firmware to no avail. It's really dissapointing because there really you can do but wait for a solution from Apple, because you information is being held hostage until there is a solution. If any body has a better solution please help!!!!

FMPENA27, welcome to the discussion area!
If you are getting a message that your "internal disk needs repair", you might consider repairing your internal disk.
See #A5 in Pondini's excellent Time Machine Troubleshooting Guide

The Apple time capsule provides disc memory, a wifi network, and router functions. It would normally be connected to the internet via cable modem. If I wanted to use a wireless cellular connection to the internet, how would I do that?

The Apple time capsule provides disc memory, a wifi network, and router functions. It would normally be connected to the internet via cable modem. If I wanted to use a wireless cellular connection to the internet, how would I do that?

If I wanted to use a wireless cellular connection to the internet, how would I do that?
The wireless cellular device would need to have an Ethernet port, to provide an Ethernet signal to the Time Capsule's WAN port.

HT2711 ry space available and I am told my start up disc need repairing-I don't know how to do this-also the trash wont empty - HELP

I have a OS X 10.6.8 Mini Mac - I cannot empty my trash so went to Disk Repair and had a message that my start up disc need repairing - do not know how to do this - also I have a message saying my Start Up disc has no more Memory Spave available for application memory. HELP - I am not very computer literate so please use simple language, thanks

One stage at a time!
1. Can't empty trash:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1526?viewlocale=en_US
2. Repairing permissions is important, and should always be carried out both before and after any software installation or update.
Go to Disk Utility (this is in your Utilities Folder in your Application folder) and click on the icon of your hard disk (not the one with all the numbers).
In First Aid, click on Repair Permissions.
Background information here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1452?viewlocale=en_US
and here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672
An article on troubleshooting Permissions can be found here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963
By the way, you can ignore any messages about SUID or ACL file permissions, as explained here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?
If you were having any serious problems with your Mac you might as well complete the exercise by repairing your hard disk as well. You cannot do this from the same start-up disk. Reboot from your install disk (holding down the C key). Once it opens, select your language, and then go to Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Select your hard disk as before and click Repair.
Once that is complete reboot again from your usual start-up disk.
More useful reading here:
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417?viewlocale=en_US
For a full description of how to resolve Disk, Permission and Cache Corruption, you should read this FAQ from the X Lab:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/repairprocess.html
Apple's advice on general maintenance:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1147?viewlocale=en_US
3. Lack of free space on your hard drive: if this drops below about 15GB you can run into problems like data corruption and general slowness.
How big is your hard drive, and how much free space do you actually have?

TS1253 I have a printer epson TX210, but it doesn't work with my time-capsule. What need to do?

I have a printer epson TX210, but it doesn't work with my time-capsule. What need to do?

What have you tried?
You are going to get nowhere quick with the 6.1 utility in Mountain Lion if this is the only OS you have available.
Look up how to install 5.6 utility under ML. At least then you can see printers. That is assuming you are trying to use USB.
Has this worked ever on Mountain Lion? Did you download the drivers for that printer for ML?
Plug it into a computer directly.. does it work? If it doesn't work locally it sure will not work via the network.

How big a Time Capsule do i need, I'm totally new to Mac!

Hi, how big a Time Capsule do I need in order for it to work as my backup? Let say if I bought an Imac with 2 TB HDD + 256 GB SSD and with that, bought a 2 TB Time Capsule for backup, would that be enough or would I need to buy a 3 TB Time Capsule? Thanx!

But if I buy the Imac I wrote about in my previous question (2 TB HDD + 256 GB SSD), would I then need to buy two, 2TB Time capsuls,
If you plan to fill up most of the space on the iMac right from the start, then you might need more space. Few users ever use more than about 75-80% of the space on their computers. I was figuring you would fill up about 75% of the drive....around 1.5 TB or so. 3 TB backup would be about right.
If I buy 1 TB HDD + 256 GB SSD, then 2 TB Time Capsule will be enough, right?
Correct.

I have an AirPort Extreme time capsule . I need to extend my wifi network range. Which devise is better ?? Airport express or AirPort Extreme ??

I have an AirPort Extreme time capsule . I need to extend my wifi network range. Which devise is better ?? Airport express or AirPort Extreme ??

Since you have the new Time Capsule, then you will need a new AirPort Extreme to match the performance capabilities of the Time Capsule.
If best quality is preferred, you will need to connect the Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme using a wired Ethernet connection between the devices. The advantage of doing it this way is that you can locate the AirPort Extreme exactly where it is needed...and there will be no loss of signal through the Ethernet cable.
A wireless connection will result in a significant drop in performance, but it might be OK for your uses, if you want to try it that way first to see if the performance is acceptable.
It is really important that the AirPort Extreme be located where it can receive a strong wireless signal from the Time Capsule.
A line-of-sight relationship between the Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme would be the goal, with the AirPort Extreme located about half way between the Time Capsule and the general area where you need more wireless signal coverage.

Message says tc disc needs repair, do I need to return to apple ?

My tc has stopped working and is giving the message "disc needs repair" do I need to send back to apple

You can attempt to erase the disk.. but if that doesn't work, it should be replaced..
I would be inclined to replace anyway.. no disk that breaks down is going to be reliable.. they are the cheapest WD green apple can buy.

Time Capsule internal disc needs repair

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