Why does Time machine still ask for a disk when it is switched off?

My Time Capsule recently died, PSU problems , I think. So I went into system prefs and deselected the Time Capsule as the back-up disk in Time Machine and switched off Time Machine. Yet every few minutes I get a window appearing telling me Time Machine can't find a back-up disk. Why is this happening and how do I stop it? Thanks
Mac Pro 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad Core Intel Xeon, 6 Gb RAM, OS 10.8.2

Mountain Lion may expect to be using a local disk if external is not available..
Delete the plist.. this gives info.. whether it helps I don't know.
http://pondini.org/TM/A4.html

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