Time Machine fail on only one of two Macs on the same Time Capsule

I have two computers connected to a Time Capsule, one Macbook (13'', 2.1 GHz) and one Macbook Pro (17'', 2.66 GHz).
For the past four days, the Time Machine has been failing on my Macbook, while the Macbook Pro works perfect. I get the following error message:
"Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume."
I can access Time Machine backups as recent as 7/30/2010.
Troubleshooting done (in order of trial):
- Removed any files from Time Capsule other than backups (I previously stored music and movies that I never used there)
- Restarted MacBook
- Restarted Time Capsule
- Used Disk Utility to Repair Disk - no errors found
- Deleted com.apple.TimeMachine.plist
Any suggestions?
Thanks...

abelmann wrote:
Update:
TM successfully backed up on an external HD.
Well, that's odd. It certainly looked like something was wrong with that system database.
Any suggestions? Can I erase only the failing backup from the TC?
You can open the disk image and delete the "in.Progress" file. That's a "last resort" sort of thing. Connect via Ethernet if at all possible. Double-click the sparse bundle to mount it, then double-click the disk image inside it. There you'll find a single Backups.backupdb folder, containing a single folder with the computer name. Inside that will be a folder for each backup, plus the "in.Progress" file (actually a "package.") That may take a while, and I'm not sure it will fix the problem. Then repair the sparse bundle, by dragging it into Disk Utility's sidebar, per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
Or, you can delete all that Mac's backups, but it will take a while and/or be rather tedious. See the last point and/or the blue box in #Q5 of Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
And again - thank you for being somewhat of a personal helpdesk!
You're entirely welcome -- that's what these forums are for!

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