Recovering files from custom backup using Ghost 12

Hi:

 

Sorry, I'm new to these forums.  I've been using Ghost 12 for backup for a while now, but never had to recover anything.  It was probably dumb on my part not to test it out, but I just got a new computer and have 2 months of backed up data when the new 500 MB SATA drive crashed in the boot sector so I have to RMA the drive.  I've been trying to restore my data with a new drive, but Ghost doesn't recognize the backups, which are a series of filenames with numbers and fbf extensions.  Since I don't need my OS backed up, I put everything in a directory called _Data so that I just back up the directory.

 

Norton Ghost's message says "no recovery point".  Am I screwed since I never created one?  How can I have run so many backups with no recovery points?  I have 50 or so files that I can see when I browse the drive (250 GB external USB drive).  Any help/suggestions would be great, as most of the photos are of my new baby who is only 2 months old, so the pics will be lost forever.  :(