New hd can't see backup on time capsule

I just upgraded my wifes macbook 2007 or 2008 with a new hard drive.  I had her old on backed up on my time machine and when I tried to retore it only see my macbook pro backup and not hers.  I see both backups on the drive, so Its there, but it wont recognize on her machine.
Any help would be good.
Her specs are:
snow leopard but will be lion once I get it up and running
just upgraded to 500 gig HD and 4 gig Ram
Thanks

I presume the upgrade. so called.. was to Yosemite.
With Yosemite it is network wise more akin to a pair of tin cans and a wet string you used as kids for communication.
Effectively you need to start over.
Reset the TC to factory.
Factory reset universal
Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
The TC should now appear in the airport utility as unconfigured TC. You can now do the configuration.
Please do not use Apple recommendations for names.. this is important. Short names no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
eg TCgenx (x can be actual gen for base station name) and TCwifi  (wireless name).
WPA2 Personal password for wireless must be pure alphanumeric mixed case and numbers.. say 8-20 characters.
Once you do this you will need to redirect TM to the new location.
BUT I strongly advise you not to mess your old backup. Rename the computer under sharing in preferences and start a new clean backup.
See A4 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Apple have a start.. but this goes no where near far enough.
OS X Yosemite: Time Machine problems

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