Time capsule problems - please help! Disk errors.

I bought a 500gb TC after a data loss scare and it has been ticking along doing its thing happily for a couple of months. I have it connected to my router and my iMac and Macbook backup to it wirelessly.
Today the backup of my macbook failed (my iMac is with apple having the lcd replaced, so isn't being backed up).
Initially the message was that the disk could not be mounted. But now has changed to a warning that the disk repair has failed and the disk has limited access and I should back up my data and reformat!
I can view the sparsebundle files, but don't have any way of getting them off TC as the files are too large - so backing up is going to be tricky (and involved buying another HD I imagine).
Is there any way of telling if the TC is fried or if it is some kind of setup/software error?
Does anybody have any tips? Isn't TC supposed to be 'server grade'?

Thanks for the reply.
I have tried that (read a post on here suggesting it) and it still won't backup. I haven't changed any passwords.
The only thing which has changed is that my iMac has temporarily been taken off my network while it is being repaired.

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