HT201250 Can you Restore from an Old OS X 10.7 Time Machine Backup to a new one 10.8

I am expiriancing problems with my Mac.
I have bought Mountain Lion but when i try to update, it does not do it and starts up like usual.
I loose 4GB.
So i am thinking of eraising my Mac and restoring it from a backup.
I will be taking my mac appart and taking out my hardrive to connect to my friends computer to install mountain lion as the defult operation system.
Now, my question is.
Would i be able to Restore from an 10.7 backup to a 10.8 Mac??
Or would it give error or not alow it.
Thank you

Take a look at Pondini's excellent TM articles, particularly this one -
http://pondini.org/TM/14.html
You should be able to restore your system in full if you backed up system folders as well as your data and applications.
Otherwise, Use the retail Snow Leopard DVD to install Snow over Leopard (no erasing required), then use Setup Assistant from the new installation to migrate from TM.

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