Will I lose my existing backup if I select a different disk from the list available?

I have been having problems with my Time Capsule recently (amber light flashing) One thing is did to try and resolve this was reset the Time Capsule which resulted in the alocated name being changed.
I now can see my Time Capsule but when I go into Time Machine it recognises that there is data on the disk but it does not see the backup!
When I go to "Select Disk" I am offered "Backup Disk" and "Available Disk".
If I select the AirPort Disk from "Available Disk" will it erase the previous backup that is on the disk at the moment?

Well, I got my Time Capsule working but now it wants to create a new backup!
I didn't really want to have to make a new backup as I wanted to keep the previous backups!
Anyone got any ideas?

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