TimeMachine reports "Backup Disc full" but TC has still 250 GB free space

Hi
i have a little problem with my TC 500GB. After a few backups which worked fine, my TC reported that the backup Volume is full and that TM has to delete an older backup. But my TC has still 250 GB free space (as shown in the airport utility and over the finder).
I have only one partition or drive on my TC (as shipped).
The first solution for me would be to erase the drive on the TC and Reset it. But i would like to avoid to backup my files again over wireless lan.
Any ideas how to solve this problem without deleting the drive on the TC and resetting it?
thanks

Hi,
Have you received any responses at all to this? It doesn't seem so.
I have exactly the same problem with a 1TB TC and my wife's MB C2D. It had some problems backing up for a while (apparently due to all the wireless issues being reported on these discussion boards - and NOT due to DNSchanger, I've checked). After I managed to get it backed up again by plugging in direct and left backing up overnight, it is now reporting that the backup disk is "almost full". However, there's over 450GB of space left and my MacBook Pro, which also backs up to the same TC is not reporting any issues.
If anyone knows what the solution might be, please let me know.
Rgds,
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