Time Machine Fails with New Internal HDD

After vertical lines began proliferating on the screen of my iMac (intel core duo, late 2006 running Leopard 10.5.8), my Apple tech swapped it for a "similar" iMac, running the same OS, and dumped the contents of the original HDD onto the much larger new one. However, instead of an intel, the swap got me one of the original iMac G5 PPCs made in early 2006. After several days of having to reinstall software and other awful adjustments, the biggest problem is accessing Time Machine and having it continue with the new set-up (I gave the new HDD the same name as the old one).
I can enter Time Machine but it remains static and I can not access any previous backups the usual way... I can click open the external drive (LaCie 1TB, Mac OS Extended, case-sensitive, journaled) and copy files if need be. It is filled only at 1/4 capacity.
While doing that, I noticed in the backup list a last document "2011-11-01-024657.inProgress" at 3:47am followed by an alias folder "Latest" with the time stamp of 1:47am. I take it that 3:47am backup was interrupted when the iMac was shut down.
I turned on Time Machine yesterday to get backups restarted but the first backup "failed." Now that the computer is different, will I have to reformat the LaCie to engage TM once more? Partition for two backup sets? For any of these options, I'd appreciate a step-by-step.
Thank you too much!

ClarkCom wrote:
I can enter Time Machine but it remains static and I can not access any previous backups the usual way
By default, Time Machine only shows the backups for the Mac it's running on.  To see the backups for a different one, you need the Browse... option, per #E2 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
I can click open the external drive (LaCie 1TB, Mac OS Extended, case-sensitive, journaled)
That's not a problem, and is the default when you let Time Machine format a backup drive.
I noticed in the backup list a last document "2011-11-01-024657.inProgress" at 3:47am followed by an alias folder "Latest" with the time stamp of 1:47am. I take it that 3:47am backup was interrupted when the iMac was shut down.
Correct. 
I turned on Time Machine yesterday to get backups restarted but the first backup "failed."
That could be any of a number of things.  See #C2 in the Troubleshooting article.  It will show you how to locate the message(s) that describe the problem, then help you fix it.    If that doesn't help, post back with details, including all the messages.
Now that the computer is different, will I have to reformat the LaCie to engage TM once more?
Depending on the space available, maybe, and it may be wise anyway.  Time Machine will start a new set of backups for the new Mac, so will need lots of room.  Worse, when the backup disk gets full, it will not delete the oldest backups from the old Mac to make room -- it will delete the oldest backups from the new one, instead.  (That's been fixed in Snow Leopard and Lion, but not Leopard.)

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