Norton Systemworks and Backup

I was running an old  PC with Win XP and Norton Sytemworks.  I used teh backup tool to an external hard drive.  The PC has crashed and is not recoverable. I have purchased a Dell with Win 8 and find it and Sytemworks are not compatable.  To rstore teh backup I had to find an old PC, load Sytemworks and try to restore.  That is the problem.  I am trying to restore to another external hard drive but when I press restore nothing happens.  Heeeelp!