made backup disks, reformatted..now what?!

[laurenclark]

mods, sorry if this is in the wrong area...

Hey everyone, I backed up my harddrive using windows 7 system recovery (by pressing f11 in startup). It used 3 disks to back everything up.

Then i reformatted my computer using the system recovery.

Now that my computer is reformatted, I can't seem to find a clear cut way to get my backed up files back onto my computer? If i put any of the disks in, it doesnt prompt anything . I've also tried going back to system recovery to see if there was a way.

I've also gone to backup and restore, but that's not right either.

If i put the disks in and open them, all the files are .wim


any ideas?

[SUpER CoP]

You can restore backed-up versions of files that are lost, damaged, or changed accidentally. You also restore individual files, groups of files, or all of the files that you've backed up.

1. Open Backup and Restore by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Backup and Restore.
2. Do one of the following:
   To restore your files, click Restore my files.
   To restore the files of all users, click Restore all users' files. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
3. Do one of the following:
   To browse the contents of the backup, click Browse for files or Browse for folders.
   When you're browsing for folders, you won't be able to see the individual files in a folder. To view individual files, use the Browse for files option.
   To search the contents of the backup, click Search, type all or part of a file name, and then click Search.

More information here - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...-from-a-backup