Can restore but can't back up

Hi,
I just got a replacement for my old macbook, so I figured the easiest way to get my stuff to the new macbook would be to use time machine's complete restore feature (where you boot from dvd). I did that and everything seems to work fine - except time machine. I can use it to go back in time, but if I want to back up, I get the error message that it can't find the disk. I pressed "change disk" and chose my external hard drive but now it tries to create a new backup folder (but it still uses my old backup to restore). Is there any way I can tell time machine to keep using my old backup?

BobP1776 has an excellent post in this thread giving very detailed directions on how to get your current Time Machine backups to work with your new installation.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1307738

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