Vista - Restoring Email Messages and Settings After Format

Before doing a format and reinstall of Vista Home Premium, I ran the
backup
wizard to save, among other things email, and then the restore wizard
after
the reinstall. The backup files and folders were transferred from the
external hard drive to a folder on my desktop called "Shortcut to
System
Recovery Files". When I open Windows Mail and click on File > Import,
there
appears to be no mechanism to fetch the Windows Mail settings and
messages
from the System Recovery Files. How do I restore the Inbox and other
folders'
messages, the account settings? Thanks for whatever help you can
offer. I'm
lost in maze of strange folders and files.