New Macbook, old HDD, TM not working :-(

I have got me a new Macbook, I pulled the HDD out of my old MB and installed it in the new one, as you'd expect that all went fine. Only problem is Time Machine has stopped working. When I launch it I can only see "today", however if I view the harddrive used to store time machine all the backups are physically there.
I'm guessing this is down to the fact that it's a different Macbook, but how can I get TM to work with the new MB?

This same issue happens to me frequently. I've lived with it for the most part just because I didn't want to spend my time running down Apple's glitch. I can not tell if it is a hardware, firmware, or software issue. I have a case number which is 163792369 that I've had since June. I've never taken it in because it is not consistent. I'm leaning towards an OS glitch. I have searched Apple's archives and found one reference to it happening on an earlier version of OS-X, but I was afraid to install the patch because of version differences. Please let me know if you get a solution from the customer support. It is somewhat frustrating as this is my first experience with a Mac and I understand it's a complex piece of machinery from a hardware and software perspective, but fresh out of the box the freak'in keys should work.
Thanks,
Shawn A. Peterson
It just works??? Most of the time.

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