Cannot find time capsule backup to restore

Hello - I have a MacMini (Intel Core 2 duo) runing OS 10.6.7.   I used Time Machine to backup my data daily to a remote Time Capsule on my local network;  I should also say at this point that I use Time Capsule to backup 4 machines in total.    The hard drive crashed, and needed to be replaced.   Now I am trying to restore my data to my computer.  However, neither migration assistant nor time capsule can find the correct image (sparsebundle) to be mounted - for example, when I "Choose Time Machine Disk to Browse" no disks show up. Migration Assistant behaved a little differently, showing me 2 (out of 4) Time Capsule backups, but not the one relevant for this particular computer. 
I know that backups have been performed, and I can manualy mount the specific Time Machine Backup through the finder - at which point I can "see" folders named "yyyy-mm-dd-xxxxxx,"  just as interesting is a file "yyyy-mm-dd-xxxxxxx.inProgress" - and which appears to be the latest date at which the folder was accessed.  I have attached a screen shot of the contents of the folder.
Any thoughts?   I really just need to restore the most recent backup, the rest are not necessary past this point.
Thanks!

Hi,
I just ran into the same problem, neither the Migration Assistant nor "Restore from Backup" from the 10.5 Install DVD would find a valid backup on my Time Capsule (which kinda renders it useless).
After some googling and trial and error I found a workaround using Terminal. I don't know why mounting the sparebundle image with Disk Utility wouldn't work, but it isn't available when your computer crashed anyway... So here is my method:
-Boot from the System DVD, choose the language
(-Goto Utilities and start the Disk Utility and reformat your drive, if on Intel check that you partition it with GUID, NOT Apple Partition Scheme NOR MBR, restart from DVD) only if something went wrong with your disk like in my case
-Goto Utilities and start Terminal
-In Terminal first make a directory for the mount, type: mkdir /Volumes/MyBackup
-Then mount the Time Capsule and link it to the folder you created, type: mount -t afp afp://myuser:mypassword@IPAdressOfMyTimecapsule/VolumeWhereMyBackupIs /Volume/MyBackup
-The AFP-Volume is now mounted, but you can't see anywhere.
-Quit Terminal, this will bring you back to the 10.5 Installer.
-Goto Utilities and choose "Restore System From Backup"
-The Dialog will ask you for a Backup Source. You should now see your Time Capsule and an already mounted Time Machine Volume at the location you specified in Terminal.
-Select the Time Machine Volume and press Continue, it'll take a while you show you all the backups, choose the one you want, choose a destination, drink tea.

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