Time Machine/Time Capsule : Dual Computer Use/Backup deletion

I currently use Time Machine and a 1Tb Time Capsule to backup my iMac.
My Time capsule was 'partitioned' as follows by creating .dmg image files -
350Gb - My Music
250Gb - Other Stuff
leaving 400Gb free for Time Machine backups.
Only 50Gb of backup space now remains, after which I presume Time Machine should automatically begin to delete older backups.
I am about to acquire a new Macbook Pro which I would like to also backup wirlessly to the same Time Capsule.
Questions -
- Do I have to manually free up enough space to enable Macbook Pro to create at least an initial backup?
- How will Time capsule then 'share' the backup space available between the two computers?
- Would it be wise to delete (if so, how?) all incremental backups of my iMac so that I'm at least starting both computers from initial backup status.(could delete everything,but initial backup did take a long time).
Any advice much appreciated - thanks in advance

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I used an ethernet cable between my iMac and Time Capsule for the initial backup. Now that initial backup is concluded, can I simply unplug the Time Capsule from my computer?

I used an ethernet cable between my iMac and Time Capsule for the initial backup. Now that initial backup is concluded, can I assume I can simply unplug the Time Capsule from my computer without any glitches and Time Capsule will then run wirelessly. Is this assumption correct?

can I assume I can simply unplug the Time Capsule from my computer without any glitches and Time Capsule will then run wirelessly. Is this assumption correct?
Yes, if the computer will be able to receive a strong wireless signal from the Time Capsule.
I did not disable wireless. So I assume the backups are occurring both with the ethernet and wirelessly.
It is inot possible to have both an "active" Ethernet and "active" wireless signal simultaneously. If an Ethernet connection is established, your computer will default to the Ethernet connection. If the Ethernet cable is unplugged, the computer will revert to the wireless connection.
I also show 2 wireless networks available through Airport. Shouldn't there only be one now?
You have a simultaneous dual band Time Capsule. That means that it will always be providing both a 2.4 GHz and a 5 GHz network.
I named my new network the same name as the old network. This enabled all of our devices to continue with their connection without entering the new network and/or passwords; however, I am afraid this may pose problems in the future somehow. Any input on this issue as well?
Things should be fine. Devices will connect to the best signal.....either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz....based on their capabilties and location in relation to the Time Capsule.

Time Machine cannot find Time Capsule after turning auto backups off

2010 macbook 7,1 OSX 10.6.8. Brand new rev.4 Time Capsule 2TB (MD032LL/A) just bought yesterday.
Everything set up just fine and wireless is working. Backups are working.
Issue is that as soon as I turn the Time Machine slider to Off (I can turn it back to On at this point, doesn't matter once it's been in the Off position) in TIme Machine preferences, then try and Enter Time Machine or do a backup, it cannot find the Time Capsule (says cannot find backup volume or such). I have to reselect the drive even though it's icon is showing right on the preferences screen. A reboot will enable it to find the Time Capsule without my input.
If I leave Time Machine turned on, the backups run fine and I can enter the Time Machine. It is turning off Time Machine that triggers the issue.
Tried the following:
-Rebooted Time Capsule
-Made sure Time Capsule name is less than 27 characters (it is 19)
-Firewall is off
-Filevaullt is off
-Booted into Safe Mode
-Repaired permissions
-Trashed TIme Machine plist
-Updated OSX
At this point I called Applecare and they had me send them a capture of my TIme Machine data and will get back to me Monday.
Oddly, my 10.5.8 iMac G5 2ghz is working fine with Time Machine and does not have this issue. I can turn Time Machine off and on all I want and it can find the Time Capsule with no problem.
Thanks for any help.

Apple is still working on the issue but I have now noticed that I cannot VNC into my work PC anymore. I get a "Could not connect to server, connection refused:5900"
I am using Chicken of the VNC and it worked fine until I got the Time Capsule. I know that 5900 is the port used for something and this sounds like it is related to the Time Capsule.
I can't help but think this is also related to the "Cannot find backup disk" message from Time Machine. This all sounds like the Time Capsule goofed up the works here.
Also, I now have tons of reports in the console of it not being able to count items in a file at system/library/StartupItems. That folder is NOT there. Which is why I assume the errors. I have seen a few other reports and people are just restoring the file from Time Machine or making it via command line with admin. When I go back far enough in Time Machine, the file IS there but has nothing in it.
I asked Apple about that too and they checked a 10.6.8 computer and it had the file so not sure what is up there. Not sure if it was 10.6.8 update or the bunch of iTunes, etc that I did after that.
Have not restored that file yet, will wait to see what they say about the Time Capsule mess.
Any ideas on restoring my VNC connection?

Time Capsule- Can i use it for Time Machine and store media files?

Hi,
I'm very new to Time Capsule (have a 1TB TC), but have been using Time Machine to back up my MacBook Pro onto an external HD for a while now.
Here's my question. is it possible to use the Time Machine capabilities of Time Capsule while also using it to store music and picture files. Ideally I'd like to be able to have my iTunes and iPhoto library available on the Time Capsule. that way it could be centralized and readable from a few Macs in the house.
Thanks!

brianfallen wrote:
When you say the info on it won't be backed up. What do you mean "the info on it"? Do you just mean the mp3, AAC ...etc files aren't backed up because they live on the TC only?
I just want to make sure cause I did the same thing but I want to make sure I wont lose all my music and photos.
If the only place you have these music and photo files is on the TC HDD, then if the TC HDD fails, you lose all those files. Here's another option. TC has an archive feature. That means you can, via AirPort Utility -> Disks, use the Archive feature to clone the TC HDD onto a USB HDD attached to the USB port of TC. It's not like TM, making incremental backups. You have to manually archive it, but it is an alternative.
My photos remain on my iMac internal HDD. That means they are backed up by TM onto the TC HDD. If my iMac internal HDD fails, I still have the TM backups. I also backup yearly photos to DVDs. Photos are irreplaceble, you know.

HT1218 How do I troubleshoot this: Time Capsule cannot complete the backup. The backup disk image "/Volumes/Data/ MacBook Pro.sparsebundle" is already in use.

This is the second time I've encountered this issue with Time Capsule using Time Machine automatic backup. I haven't found the following specific error message in the list of troubleshooting issues: "Time Capsule cannot complete the backup. The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/MacBook Pro.sparsebundle” is already in use."
I'm not certain what causes this issue. I think it may have something to do with having to force shutdown with apps still open when the beachball hangs and the MacBook has to be rebooted.
Has anyone else dealt with this issue?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Restart your Mac and the Time Capsule. In most of the cases, this should solve the problem.
If it doesn't work, see > http://pondini.org/TM/C12.html

I got an error message saying "an error occurred while creating the backup folder". I have tried deleting the plist and am using the latest time capsule software and using OS Lion Any ideas what to do please?

got an error message saying "an error occurred while creating the backup folder". I have tried deleting the plist and am using the latest time capsule software and using OS Lion Any ideas what to do please?

See #C10 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

Time Capsule message:Unable to complete backup. time Capsule already in use. If I try to ess Time Macine, it says: that the sparse image is temporarily unavailable.acc

Normally, my Time Capsule backups without issue. however, recently, it failed and I was unable to either complete a backup (done automatically) or enter Time Machine. I received a message that:" Unable to complete backup. Time Capsule already in use" when backup is attempted. When trying to access Time Machine when this occcurs, The message is" sparse image temporarily unavailable". Why does this happen? How can fix it without erasing the who;e image and starting all over?
I have Mac OS Mountain Lion.

You might need to if the bundle is damaged.
You can verify the bundle.
Read A5 here http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Also try C12 and C17
Just a reboot of the TC might get it working again.

Can time capsule also be used as a regular external HDD as well as a backup

can time capsule also be used as a regular external HDD as well as a backup

It is now and forever more a network drive.. network drives are not like external hdd. you can only access it by network.. it is not accessible by USB.
If you want to store data on it. yes you can.. should you?? hmmm probably not unless you have backups elsewhere.. if you have both files and backups on the TC that would mean you are one hard disk failure from total loss of your files.
TC has no means to backup files stored on it.. nor can Time Machine backup the TC.. so it is designed for TM backup and nothing else.
Use it to store files at your peril.

Error: Time Machine couldn't complete the backup to Time Capsule - Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder.

error: Time Machine couldn't complete the backup to Time Capsule - Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder.

If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Enter the word "Starting" (without the quotes) in the String Matching text field. You should now see log messages with the words "Starting * backup," where * represents any of the words "automatic," "manual," or "standard." Note the timestamp of the last such message. Clear the text field and scroll back in the log to that time. Select the messages timestamped from then until the end of the backup, or the end of the log if that's not clear. Copy them (command-C) to the Clipboard. Paste (command-V) into a reply to this message.
If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don't post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Some personal information, such as the names of your files, may be included — anonymize before posting.

What does the message mean time capsule already in use when it refueses to backup?

What does the message mean time capsule already in use when it refueses to backup?

Just the network is cranky..
Simple first step.. restart the TC.. ie unplug the power cord.. count to 10.. plug it back in.
Second step if that fails.. restart the network.. off everything.. restart in order.. modem.. TC.. clients 2min gap.
Finally if you are prepared to fight you can load 5.6 utility onto Mountain Lion and do a disconnect all users.. or a few other ways.. turn off file sharing and turn it back on.
The issue being TM did not dismount the sparsebundle correctly.
C12 http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
For more info.

Can I copy time capsule data and use new external HD

Hi All-
I've been scouring the net and cant seem to find an answer. Hopefully someone here can help.
I have a Time Capsule that is nearly filled. It is giving me error messages each night it tries to backup saying that there is too much on my computer to backup.
So, I went out and bought a 4TB Western Digital external drive. I want to copy all the data from the time capsule onto the new hard drive (so I dont loose any of my older backups) and then have the time capsule use that same WD drive as my new backup.
I have seen there are ways to copy from time machine drives to new drives, but I was under the impression time machine uses a different kind of backup method than a time capsule. Is that true? Can someone point me to a place that explains how exactly I would copy the drive in the time capsule... (I understand I need to use Disk Util, but I cant get the TC drive to show up in that program)...
Also, is there a way to instruct time capsule to stop using its own internal drive and use the drive connected to its USB for the backups? I think Apple's answer is no, but I dont know if thats really the case or not...
Thanks much-
Daber

David Bertman wrote:
The backup was via an ethernet cable from the mac to the TC. (I also have it set up to run via wifi. Would that affect things?) Would there be different symptoms if the backup had stalled midway through?
Just trying to rule out a bad WIFI connection, and it will be much faster via Ethernet.
I didnt repair the backups first (I'm not really sure how to do that --- is it through disk utils and repair permissions like a normal drive?) I get nervous messing around with the "Backups.backupdb" files so I generally leave them alone.
Close. It's +*repair disk+*, not permissions. See #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum), for a brief explanation and instructions.
If the backups on the TC were corrupted, that would have been copied to the external HD, potentially causing Time Machine to start a new set.
But, I did enter time machine and saw that the old backups were there (and when I did your other suggestion of going to the browse option, it now shows two identically named backups -- one from the original TV and one from the new 4tb drive. But when I enter each they are separate backups -- the original one with the older backups and the new one with the single 1 day backup.
That confirms it -- for whatever reason, Time Machine started a new set.
You asked if there were two sparce bundles... I dont see any sparce bundles. I'm ONLY seeing the "backup.backups" folders when I mount the drives... Should I be seeing sparce bundles? Could that be an issue?
The Backups.backupdb folder should be inside a sparse bundle named the same as your computer. All backups done over a network (via Ethernet or WIFI) are done that way; those done to a locally-connected drive have that folder at the top level of the drive.
If you look at the external HD via the Finder, you'll see them; if you then double-click either, it will mount, and you can see the Backups.backupdb folder inside it. And you're right; be +*very careful+* not to move, change, or delete anything there.
I'd suggest this: Turn Time Machine off, and use Airport Utility to disconnect the external from the TC (start Airport Utility, click +Manual Setup,+ then Disks in the toolbar, then +Disconnect all Users.+ Each user will then get a message).
Then connect the external directly to your Mac. Repair the old sparse bundle, per #A5 (it will take a long time, but be much faster this way). If it has errors that Disk Utility can't fix, see the pink box in #A5.
If there are no problems, or they're fixed, delete the new sparse bundle via the Finder. That may take a while. Then eject the disk, reconnect it to the Time Capsule, and do a "full reset" per #A4 in Troubleshooting. Then re-select the external as your TM volume, and start a backup. Open the external disk via the Finder; if Time Machine again creates a new sparse bundle, you're pretty much stuck with it making a separate set of backups.

Time Capsule/ Endless Preparing - no backup

I've seen similar threads and I believe that I've tried all of their fixes.
I'm seeing the following errors in the console:
Aug 7 10:30:34 HomeMac /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[191]: Waiting for index to be ready (909 > 0)
Aug 7 10:30:34 HomeMac mds[33]: (/Volumes/Backup of HomeMac/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/F9F6764C-F1D9-46D4-804E-4CFDC556F1E8)(E rror) IndexCI in ContentIndexOpenBulk:No index
Aug 7 10:30:34 HomeMac mds[33]: (/Volumes/Backup of HomeMac/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/F9F6764C-F1D9-46D4-804E-4CFDC556F1E8)(E rror) IndexCI in CIMetaInfoCreate:Tried to create index when index already existed /Volumes/Backup of HomeMac/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/F9F6764C-F1D9-46D4-804E-4CFDC556F1E8
Aug 7 10:30:34 HomeMac mds[33]: (/Volumes/Backup of HomeMac/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/FB0AF823-52BC-455D-9BE4-5267CC68CEB9)(E rror) IndexCI in openindexfile:bad file size: 16, min size 4096, 0.indexHead
Aug 7 10:30:34 HomeMac mds[33]: (/Volumes/Backup of HomeMac/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/FB0AF823-52BC-455D-9BE4-5267CC68CEB9)(E rror) IndexCI in ContentIndexOpenBulk:0.indexHead invalid, will try to recover
Aug 7 10:31:00 HomeMac com.apple.launchd[1] (0x109db0.cron[397]): Could not setup Mach task special port 9: (os/kern) no access
Aug 7 10:31:04 HomeMac /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[191]: Waiting for index to be ready (909 > 0)
Aug 7 10:31:04 HomeMac mds[33]: (/Volumes/Backup of HomeMac/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/F9F6764C-F1D9-46D4-804E-4CFDC556F1E8)(E rror) IndexCI in ContentIndexOpenBulk:No index
Aug 7 10:31:04 HomeMac mds[33]: (/Volumes/Backup of HomeMac/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/F9F6764C-F1D9-46D4-804E-4CFDC556F1E8)(E rror) IndexCI in CIMetaInfoCreate:Tried to create index when index already existed /Volumes/Backup of HomeMac/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/F9F6764C-F1D9-46D4-804E-4CFDC556F1E8
Aug 7 10:31:04 HomeMac mds[33]: (/Volumes/Backup of HomeMac/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/FB0AF823-52BC-455D-9BE4-5267CC68CEB9)(E rror) IndexCI in openindexfile:bad file size: 16, min size 4096, 0.indexHead
Aug 7 10:31:04 HomeMac mds[33]: (/Volumes/Backup of HomeMac/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/FB0AF823-52BC-455D-9BE4-5267CC68CEB9)(E rror) IndexCI in ContentIndexOpenBulk:0.indexHead invalid, will try to recover
Things that I've tried:
- Erase disk both with "quick" and "zero out" options.
- Restore defaults
- Roll back firmware to 7.4.1
- changed time machine to use different disk, successful backup to that disk, set back to time capsule.
- tried to add "Backup of HomeMac" and "TimeCapsule" to the spotlight privacy settings. These settings are lost at reboot.... and if I don't reboot it says that it fails to mount "Backup of HomeMac". Likely because it is already mounted?
- I have 2 macs that backup to this time capsule. It has worked for several months. Now doesn't work for either. One is running 10.5.8.. the other is running 10.5.7.
- Tried to use DiskUtility on the sparsebundle. It looks clean after a reboot, but then timemachine won't run... possibly because it is already mounted?? It looks corrupted in DiskUtility after I quit the time machine backup. In any case, I keep "erasing" the time capsule hard drive, so if there is a problem with the bundle, it is created from scratch and still has the problem.
- verify permissions on my Mac's main HD.
- changed the name of the TimeCapsule.
I think that is all. I get the same error every time. I don't know if this is a spotlight issue or a time capsule issue. It does affect 2 macs with different OS versions (10.5.7, 10.5.8), so I assume that it is the time capsule.
One other possibly unrelated issue: When I used to run time machine the backup volume would be mounted with my name. Now it just says the network name. (i.e. it used to say something like "Backup of John Smith's Mac" and now it says "Backup of HomeMac") I assume this is unrelated, but I figured I would mention that too.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.

I think I have finally managed to get this working after 2 days of frustration. It won't be the answer for everyone because it involves opening up your Time Capsule, but this is what I did.
I noticed on this page (http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090806095905196) that people were having trouble with file permissions under 10.5.8. When I checked my Console logs during an attempted backup, I noticed chown "Operation not permitted" errors, so I began to suspect that Time Machine didn't have sufficient privileges to do the backup.
I couldn't find a way to run Disk Utility on the Time Capsule Disk, so I opened up the Time Capsule, removed the HD, put the HD into a USB enclosure and connected it to my Mac. When I ran Disk Utility "Verify" and "Repair" on the Time Capsule Disk partition, it returned the following:
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08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:34 PM Disk Utility[202] Verify and Repair volume “TimeCapsuleDisk”
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:34 PM Disk Utility[202] Starting repair tool:
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:35 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:35 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking Extents Overflow file.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:35 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking Catalog file.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:35 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking multi-linked files.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:35 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking Catalog hierarchy.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:35 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking Extended Attributes file.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:35 PM Disk Utility[202] Incorrect number of Access Control Lists
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:35 PM Disk Utility[202] (It should be 0 instead of 39)
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:35 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking volume bitmap.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:36 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking volume information.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:36 PM Disk Utility[202] Volume Header needs minor repair
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:36 PM Disk Utility[202] Repairing volume.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:36 PM Disk Utility[202] Rechecking volume.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:36 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:36 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking Extents Overflow file.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:36 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking Catalog file.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:36 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking multi-linked files.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:36 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking Catalog hierarchy.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:36 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking Extended Attributes file.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:36 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking volume bitmap.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:36 PM Disk Utility[202] Checking volume information.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:36 PM Disk Utility[202] The volume TimeCapsuleDisk was repaired successfully.
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:37 PM kernel jnl: disk1s3: journal start/end pointers reset! (jnl 0x72c4930; s 0x44ee00 e 0x44ee00)
08/07/09 Friday, August 7, 2009 2:47:37 PM Disk Utility[202] Repair tool completed:
-----8<------------------------------------
Following the repair, I opened Time Machine preferences, and set it to point to the Time Capsule Disk (which was still connected via the USB enclosure). The backup started working almost immediately. I cancelled the backup, put the HD back into the Time Capsule and rebooted everything.
After repointing Time Machine preferences back to the Time Capsule Disk (now safely back in the actual Time Capsule), I initiated a backup. The backup started working almost immediately (the most success I've had in 2 days) and has been backing up successfully for the past 1/2 hour. I won't be satisfied that I've solved the problem until it completes and I try a restore, but we'll see...
To be clear: this is a ridiculous "solution" to the problem. I must have formatted the Time Capsule Disk about 15 times using Airport Utility over the past 2 days, including an incredibly long "zero out" format. I have no idea why this wouldn't have correctly reset the disk with the correct settings. If anyone can figure out how to run Disk Utility on the drive without having to tear the Time Capsule apart, it would certainly be a much better solution.
Cheers, Ben.

Can I access time capsule file without using imac

can I access time capsule file without using imac

From a time machine backup? No. If you mean just a regular file stored on there? Not directly. There are a couple of apps out there where you can indirectly get to a file but it's a pain. If you have need of accessing a file both from the mac and the iPad then I suggest DropBox. You get 2GB free and it's a good way to share information between machines and devices.

How can I configure a second time Capsule just as a backup disc?

I bought the new 2nd Generation Time Capsule and want to backup the datas to my old Time Capsule. I connected it via USB cable A/A and got problems to configure it right. Can`t see it in the finder, to chosse it in my Intego Backup Manager Pro as the goal destiniation for the back ups. Does anybody have experience on this? Before I connected the Capsule as a net device and was able to backup the files from the new one, but not the backup Time machine file, from the Mac on which Intego Backup is running. The others did well.

You cannot use USB like this.. the TC is now and always a network drive.
So you bridge one TC and plug it by ethernet into the other one.
To copy backups you can follow these instructions for TM.
Transfer TM backups..
Apple doco. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5097
Pondini doco http://pondini.org/TM/18.html
As for your other backups that is dependent on its format.. but should be simple copy and paste.

HT201250 How can one Time Capsule be backed up backup to another?

My Macbook pro with 160GB hard drive is almost full, and so is is my 1TB time capsule (on which I backup for 5 macs in my family). I have just bought a 3TB Time Capsule now for all backups. My question: how can I use the old time capsule for my Macbook data to free up space on my hard drive and backup my data to the new Time Capsule?

leejpepper wrote:
how can I use the old time capsule for my Macbook data to free up space on my hard drive
Usually not a good idea. See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #20.
and backup my data to the new Time Capsule?
Just start fresh. You can always view and restore from the old ones via the Browse Other Backup Disks option, per #17 in the FAQ.

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