Replacing my iMac 1TB Seagate Hard Drive

I have to replace my iMac 1TB Seagate Hard Drive. I need to use Time Machine to restore my Mac- anyone have a step by step procedure to complete this?

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When you get your Mac after Apple has replaced its hard disk, they can give it to you with a blank hard disk or with Lion installed. I recommend you to make a clone with Carbon Copy Cloner instead of the Time Machine backup. It will make shorter the process of reinstalling everything again.
If it has got Lion installed:
1. Press Command and R keys while your Mac is starting and open Disk Utility.
2. Select Macintosh HD in the sidebar and go to Restore tab.
3. Drag your external disk to Destination box and press Restore.
4. When the restore finishes, restart your Mac.
If the hard disk is blank, it depends if you bought your Mac with Snow Leopard or Lion. If you bought it with Lion, do the same but pressing Command, Option and R keys. If you bought it with Snow Leopard:
1. Insert the OS X disc and press C key when your Mac starts.
2. Go to Utilities > Disk Utility and select Macintosh HD in the sidebar.
3. Go to Restore tab, drag the external disk to Destination box and press Restore

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