Time Machine Backup Error-1 - what the??

Hi All
I havbe my time machine setup over an Airport Extreme and until the recent software upgrade on October 2011 i have been getting the following message when Time Machine tries to access the external HDD to backup my mac:
The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/xxxxx’s iMac.sparsebundle” could not be accessed (error -1).
can anyone help as i am concerned that my information is not being backed up daily
Many Thanks

Try running disk utility on your hard drive to repair it, also repair your permissions. If you are still having problems take a look at this link, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3275

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