Restore files from Backup

Hi, I'm having problems restoring from the Backup I made in Tiger to Leopard.
I did a full backup onto an external drive of my iPhoto, iTunes, Mail, iCal and Address Book using Backup which is part of the .Mac bundle.
I have 70 gig of 'backup' files from Part 1 to Part 18 on my external hard drive.
I have installed Backup 3 onto my fresh copy of Leopard ..... but when I run a restore of the Backup files it only lets me select one "part" of the backup files not all 18 in one go and then it says:
"This backup does not contain a full restore catalog"
"If you choose to restore from this backup, you will only be able to restore files contained in this backup".
It then takes me through the process of "ticking" the boxes for the files i wish to restore and then scans all 70 gig but when it tries to copy it fails. ie: Failed Restore.
Any ideas how to get the 70 gig back onto my mac?
Cheers

Two things - Is the version of Backup the very latest from Apple?
I would suggest working backwards - I know it sounds like a lot of work.
Install Tiger on another computer, using the exact user/admin names/passwords
Install the original version of Backup you used on Tiger.
See what happens.
As an aside, and as you are finding out, Backup is not a very satisfactory way of backing up.
I use Superduper and CarbonCopy which make a bootable clone which you can test beforehand.
I believe that Backup encrypts the files - at least it does when you use iDisk, so you may not be able to easily get into the files, directly.
As I say, the easiest way to attempt a recovery is to go backwards, to Tiger.
I hope you will be able to recover the files.
Some other user here might have a better idea.
I am sure that there is a way to get them - it's a matter of finding it.

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