I need help getting Time Machine to recognize my old files

I recently was forced to restore my system. I was using Leopard (10.5.1). I have several backups on my external drive from that "old" system. After I restored by system, Leopard will not recognize the old files. Any ideas about how I can get Leopard to see these files so I can restore?
Thank You

Thank you for asking. I solved my problem last night. I reloaded the system using the "erase and restore" option this time. Then, once I reached the Time Machine level, TM could see the old files. I did have to restore the files one area at a time. I could not launch a general system restore.

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