Can I continue to use my existing TM dataset after re-installing OS X

I just completed a complete system re-install on my iMac, using the Leopard install DVD, and my time-machine backup on a Drobo. Worked great, the issues I was having before have been fixed, I'm good to go.
However, I would like to carry on adding to the "old" TM dataset, rather than start a new one. Is that possible? TM asks whether I would like to use Drobo as a backup disk, but if I say yes, it doesn't seem to know about the old data. I can browse it from the "look at other TM data" (or whatever it says, I know it isn't exactly that) but then it reverts to the new set.
Incidentally, the whole re-install and restore process was very smooth once I realised that doing a TM restore during the OS X installation would restore my account, files, data etc but not my newly installed OS X system stuff (which was exactly what I wanted), and my confidence in and respect for TM has increased a whole lot.
Thanks in anticipation,
Neville

It sounds like you imported the data from your TM backup during the setup assistant phase. In that case you can't continue your old TM backup sequence and need to start a new one.
TM has a different restore option which restores the entire system exactly as it was on a backup and this does allow continuing your old backups. however, it sounds like you didn't want to do keep your old OS install. You should still be able to browse your old backups from TM by control-clicking on TM in the dock and choosing "browse other TM disks".

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