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Q: how do you reformat a time capsule

My time machine disk is corrupted and says that it can not find a sparse bundle.  This disk has not been used for while for backing up the iMac.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4), 2009 Intel dual core

Posted on Jul 16, 2015 10:26 AM

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  • by rkaufmann87,

    rkaufmann87 rkaufmann87 Jul 16, 2015 10:38 AM in response to BKPatents
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    Jul 16, 2015 10:38 AM in response to BKPatents

    Use Disk Utility and reformat it as you would any EHD. Remember if you do, the drive will erase everything!

     

    Here is a YouTube that shows how to format an external EHD.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzQF0Qo5Kv0

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    BKPatents BKPatents Jul 16, 2015 11:14 AM in response to rkaufmann87
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    Jul 16, 2015 11:14 AM in response to rkaufmann87

    I tried that.  Only the other external hard drive is visible but the time machine hard drive is not.  It shows up in Finder with weird data indicating that the data might be corrupted.  When a backup it started, if fails and gives a message: The backup disk image “/Volumes/Time Capsul-1/iMac.sparsebundle” could not be created (error (null)).   That is why I wanted a clean drive to start with.

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    rkaufmann87 rkaufmann87 Jul 16, 2015 11:40 AM in response to BKPatents
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    Jul 16, 2015 11:40 AM in response to BKPatents

    Actually I found different instructiosns, try:

     

    To erase a AirPort Time Capsule disk, use the following steps:

    1. Open AirPort Utility; it is located in /Applications/Utilities. (or Command + Spacebar and type Airport Utility)
    2. Click the Disks tab.
    3. Select the AirPort Time Capsule disk.
    4. Click the Erase... button.
    5. Give the volume a name and choose the desired erase mode.