Changed my laptop-transferred old data from time capsule but cannot access

So I was backing up onto TC with my old laptop as normal. I then changed laptops and restored from the TC to get all data onto the néw laptop. No problem there.
I then started backing up my new laptop onto the TC however the old backups and new one are not linked. Whe I go into Time Machine I can see that there are old backups there (from the old laptop) but they are greyed out and I can't get back to pull any data out.
How can I get the old and new linked?

jiggy44 wrote:
I then started backing up my new laptop onto the TC however the old backups and new one are not linked.
Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
You've posted your message in the Time Capsule message section, but where it really should have gone is in the Time Machine section of the OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard area:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1342
A Time Capsule is an Apple AirPort Wi-Fi base station with an integrated disk drive. Time Machine is backup software that has been included with OS X since version 10.5.
That's the way Time Machine works. It identifies a backup with a particular computer. Since you have a different computer, Time Machine created a new backup. This message thread discusses your situation:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10726382
When I go into Time Machine I can see that there are old backups there (from the old laptop) but they are greyed out and I can't get back to pull any data out.
How can I get the old and new linked?
I don't believe you can combine the two sets of backups. Your options now are (a) abandon the new backup and reconfigure your Mac to continue with the old backup or (b) continue with the new backup and use Time Machine's option to "Browser Other Time Machine Disks" (available with a click-and-hold on the Time Machine icon in the Dock, among other techniques) to access the contents of the old backup.

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