Time capsule not restoring

My hard drive recently crashed and now I have a new one. I have a time capsule that has been doing backups for me from the previous hard drive but now that I am trying to restore I a having problems! I tried to do it from the start up disk with Mac OS X Snow Leopard but after I click on my data and it tries to open it it says that no backups were found because "only complete backups of Mac OS X appear in the list". Help! All my data was on that and I put a lot of trust in that time capsule!

Hi, and welcome to the forums.
That message sounds like you'd excluded some things, in particular system folders and/or Applications. In that case, no, Time Machine can't restore your entire system because it didn't back up your entire system.
If that's the case, your best bet is to do an +Erase and Install+ of OSX (if you're on Leopard as your signature says), then when your Mac restarts, use +Setup Assistant+ to "transfer" your users, apps, data, etc. See #19 in the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip,* also at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum.

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