Time capsule is asking to inherit from previous computer but I have not changed computers.

Turned on the computer and a box popped up from Time Capsule asking if I wanted to backup now. This is the first time this has happened and I have had my computer set up with this Time Capsule for over a year. lt opens a box with three buttons:
>back up now
>inherit back up from previous - it warns that if one selects inherit from another computer, that other computer can no longer back up to this time capsule
>create new back up
It was set up to back up automatically, not sure what has caused it to start asking every time I log on.
So I want to know if I should "inherit" even though I have not changed computers?

Did you happen to just upgrade Mavericks to 10.9.4?? I should not think so but just to ask if something just happened that could explain the normal irrational behaviour of Mavericks.. if there is nothing that has happened.. well it is the standard ghost in the machine explanation.
If you have several computers backing up to the TC, now might be a good time to make a decision to stop that.
If this is the your iMac in your profile, my suggestion would be as follows.
1. Reset TM
See A4 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
2. Run verify of the backup. See A5 same reference.
3. Install the widget.. See A1 same reference.
If it keeps giving you nonsense.. start over. Delete the existing backup or better still archive it, wipe the TC and start afresh.
I would seriously think about plugging in a USB drive and using Carbon Copy Cloner (or similar third party backup software).. a bootable clone will make a much more reliable backup and you can still have TM backing up to the TC.
See http://pondini.org/TM/Clones.html
The value of clones I think has grown considerably since the reliability of TM has dropped dramatically in Mavericks.

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http://pondini.org/OSX/MigrateLion.html
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