Time Machine could not complete the backup

Since installing a Superdrive replacement, Time Machine is not back up.  I get an error message that says: 'Time Machine could not complete the backup "Time Machine backup disk. Full backup impossible. An error occurred during the creation of the backup folder. »

I followed the instructions in the Time Machine error - backup failed, but none of the steps solved my problem.

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