New iMac doesn't see old iMac data on Time Capsule

I have a brand new iMac - my Time Capsule doesn't see my backup, it sees my Mac Book Pro backup but not old iMac (which is broklen, hence new one from Apple). I can see old iMac data is there through browser but not seen by Migrate assistant. Any ideas?

Look at manual resstore methods.. I would be careful migrating to a later OS.
Q14-17 in pondini.
17 in particular.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html

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