Time Machine won't overwrite oldest backup ? ..says not enough space

Seemed to start sometime after installing Snow Leopard..
Used Time Machine Buddy, it says:
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/LaCie Disk/Backups.backupdb
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:must scan subdirs|new event db|
Starting pre-backup thinning: 56.32 GB requested (including padding), 5.69 GB available
No expired backups exist - deleting oldest backups to make room
Error: backup disk is full - all 0 possible backups were removed, but space is still needed.
Backup Failed: unable to free 56.32 GB needed space
Backup failed with error: Not enough available disk space on the target volume.

HI and Welcome to Apple Discussions...
*"Backup failed with error: Not enough available disk space on the target volume."*
Make sure you have sufficient disk space on your startup disk to back up to...
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure you always have a minimum of 10% to 15% free disk space at all times.
*"Backup Failed: unable to free 56.32 GB needed space"*
In this case you need a minimum of 60GB of disk space for that back up.
Carolyn

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