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Hi. 2 days ago my 51/2 year old hard drive in my intel imac died completely. Today I managed to replace the drive (upgrade to 2 terabytes) and after doing so, used time capsule to restore my system. Thought that worked well, however aside from my screen appearance, everything was faulty. no programs worked, could not get to itunes...photos...etc. I ran disk utility and had so many verify errors that it crashed after 15 minutes. Figured this was not good, so I re-installed snow leopard with the intent to just bring back individual pieces of my previous system. Well, the time capsule is EMPTY!! there is no more "brett's Data" or anything, it is like the capsule started from scratch too. I have years of family photos supposedly "safe" on that thing somewhere. That's what I care about most. My itunes are lost too, but they can be repurchased. Help, please.

I understand you're peeved, but until we know a bit more about what's going on, there's not much we can do to help.
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Or did you install OSX, then use +Setup Assistant+ when your Mac first started up? See #19 in the FAQ.
Or did you install OSX, create a user account, then use the +Migration Assistant+ app in your Applications/Utilities folder?
What version of OSX are you running?
Did you try the procedure in #E3?

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