Time machine errors out repeatedly

Hi all,
I have a user who is running an iMac with OS X 10.6.6 (I can get you the specs of the Mac if necessary, I don't have it off hand though). She has an external USB disk set up for Time Machine. A couple weeks ago, Time Machine started erroring out, saying that there was an error copying files to the drive. I ran Disk Utility volume and permissions repairs on both the internal HDD and the Time Machine disk, which seemed to fix the issue. But it's back now. Before I reformat either of the drives, does anyone have any other suggestions? I also plan to update that machine (along with all the others in that group) to 10.6.8 in preparation for a move to Lion in the coming months, but I don't know if OS updates would fix this issue or not.
Thanks!

lsudul wrote:
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Home Folder
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
These mean that TM isn't sure that what's on these volumes is what it expects. This is usually caused by an abnormal shutdown, but can also happen after certain hardware repairs, a full restore, or going several days without a successful backup. If you see this often, without a good reason, you need to investigate the cause. Among other things, it can cause corruption on your drive(s).
If "Home Folder" is an external drive, the message could mean it was disconnected without being ejected.
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Clue: this often indicates some sort of problem with (or communicating with) your TM drive.
Exclude it from any anti-virus scanning.
Also exclude it, at least temporarily, from Spotlight (via System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy).
Try de-selecting the +Put the hard drive(s) to sleep ...+ option in System Preferences > Energy Saver. Most drives don't respond to this, but some do, so it's worth a try.
What kind of disk (FireWire or USB) is your TM drive? If USB, how is it connected (directly or via a USB hub)? Does it have it's own power supply, or does it get power from your Mac?
How old is it?
How is it formatted? It should have the GUID partition map scheme for an Intel Mac, or the +Apple Partition Map+ for a PPC Mac; and the format must be +Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

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