TIme Machine not Option when trying to Re-BUild HD!

HD courupted. I had to re-install from Tiger disks then to Leopard. The Archive install was not an option. Nor was TIme Machine. I installed as a new install. Fine. But I am still unable to rebuild the HD from Time Machine. App by App - sure. But it takes forever. What can I do? Biggest issue is the iPhoto Library.

moxieman,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
I'm sorry it had to be under these circumstances. You don't give us much to go on.
HD courupted. I had to re-install from Tiger disks then to Leopard.
Why did you do it this way? Why not from Leopard disks? After all how did you go from Tiger to Leopard without the DVD?
The Archive install was not an option.
Well, it wouldn't be if you were trying to install Tiger on top of a Leopard install. On the other hand this KB article may explain it:
[http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1471]
Nor was TIme Machine.
It wouldn't be if you were installing Tiger. Time Machine is incompatible with Tiger.
I installed as a new install. Fine.
Which OS? Tiger or Leopard?
But I am still unable to rebuild the HD from Time Machine. App by App - sure. But it takes forever. What can I do? Biggest issue is the iPhoto Library.
Now that you have the Mac OS X installed (Tiger? Leopard? Not sure), have you tried launching Migration Assistant in Leopard - that should see your Time Machine backups.
Cheers!

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Erik Griffin wrote:
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