Cannot Find Old Backups On Old Computer

So I had some major issues with my computer and had to delete the HD and do a fresh install of ML. After I try to access my backups from my "old HD", they are not there. I also tried "browse other disks". All I see is my current computer, and my wife's backups on her computer. I do not see my "old" disk. When I enter TM, and try to access "Shared", it is unhighlighted. I am unable to click on it. I know my "old" HD was backing up. I had no issues accessing the backups on my HD untill I deleted the HD and started over. The perevious backups on that HD are no where to be found.
I have no clue what to do at this point. I just want to get my itunes library and my photos back! Please help!

mluman83 wrote:
I clicked on the DMG on the desktop and I do in fact see Backups.backupdb. I also explored this folder and it dead ends into a .inProgress file. Thats all thats in there.
No date-stamped backup folders besides the .inProgress one? That means no backups ever completed. The .inProgress package (a special kind of folder that's often treated like a single file) is where backed-up data is collected; once it's all there, it's converted into a date-stamped backup folder.
The only (slim) hope is to see if you can repair them, per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting. You may need to eject the disk image first.
You may be able to recover some stuff from it manually, but it will be tedious and hit-and-miss. Post back with the results of the repair attempt, and if you need to try to recover.

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