How do I continue a (pre-TC) TM backup on a drive connected to TC?

[I haven't found a topic that quite covers this area but apologies if the answer appears piecemeal elsewhere.]
I backed up my (first gen) MacBook Pro's 64GB contents successfully to an external USB 250GB drive for several months after Leopard came out, and 200GB of an iMac (last gen white) to a 500GB drive. I've recently bought a TC 500GB and had intended to back both computers up to that while using the 250/500 drives as archives. Seemed sensible. However, I have encountered the same problems as many on this forum with very very slow initial backups to the TC (attempted via CAT5E ethernet) of the 64GB MacBook Pro which took two-and-a-half days (surely far longer than it should). I also experienced backup failures and hangs.
As an interim measure, until I've got this fixed (any succinct advice on this would be appreciated, tho' I recognise it has been covered elsewhere), I'd like to append material to the pre-TC backups that remain on the external drives (the 250 & 500 drives). However, these no longer seem to be accessible to either machine, both of which attempt to start completely new backups when TM is pointed towards these drives.
So, my question: is this a permissions issue, and if so (or if not) what do I need to do to fix it (if indeed it's possible to do so)?
Hope the above is clear. Many thanks,
pete.

Asked before and got the "can't be done" response. That is to the appending of the non-TC Time Machine BU to the new TC BU. Hope someone comes up with something, but I finally gave in and just pointed my laptop to the TC and let it start fresh. I have heard that the "old"/original Time Machine back up I used to do onto a portable USB drive CAN still be accessed even after you start using TC. Just connect the drive and point Time Machine back to it again. Have yet to try this, but heard that that works! Good luck!

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