I had my hard drive replace and since my Time Capsule backups are failing. The exact message is:
The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk.
The problem may be temporary. Try again later to back up. If the problem persists, use disk utility to repair your backup disk.
Mac OS X (10.6.8), Time Machine
The error indicates you are trying to backup using Time Machine. But your post suggests you want to restore from a Time Machine backup. Which are you trying to do?
I am trying to backup the content on my laptop. It hasn't worked since I had my hard drive replaced. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.
No, replacing your hard drive has nothing to do with it. There is a problem with your backup drive. As far as Time Machine is concerned replacing a drive is no different than buying a new computer. Time Machine will need to make a brand new backup from scratch.
If you have a large enough backup drive this may not be a problem. Otherwise, you may not have sufficient space to maintain a new backup and keep the old one. So, I would suggest under the circumstances that you erase your backup drive, then start a new Time Machine backup from scratch.
Drive Erase
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After Disk Utility loads select the volume you wish to format from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the Disk Utility main window.
3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
For additional help with Time Machine: Visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
Followed your steps and received this error message:
Volume Erase Failed
Volume Erase failed with an error
Could not unmount disk
Did you select the Time Machine drive in Disk Utility or your startup drive? If you are OK with this question, then do the following:
Looks to be working. However it is going pretty slow.
I had my hard drive replaced and since my Time Machine backups say failed
