Use Vista -preinstalled backup to copy to Time Machine?

Hi,
I've Vista runig on a separate (32G) BootCamp partition plus access via VMware Fusion; Mac is a new MacBook Pro 15".
Now, I'd like tu utlize Vista's built-in backup to backup the entire partition to a folder on my Time Capsule (1TB), but windows (with all the latest Apple drivers incl. Bonjour) can't see the Time Capsule from inside VMware.
Can somebody help, please?
Thanks and best regards,
Michael

If it was just Fusion and no BootCamp, you would be dealing with a sparse disk image file. Being it is BootCamp and Vista and you want to use the Backup/Restore in Vista, you need an NTFS volume.
I stopped using Fusion, too limiting. You might want to post there though:
http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/desktop/fusion
I use FireWire/USB/eSATA direct connect to backup Vista.

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