Time machine restore-just got a new hard drive, used migration assistant to restore to time machine but cannot find files.

Sounds like i have a similar story to another user out there. 5 year old dropped my computer and hard drive was gone.
I just got a new hard drive and used Go-utilities-migration assistant to restore with time machine-- it
took several hours and seemed to be doing ok, but when done none of the files/photos/ect are available?
I did however find a back up on my Time machine labeled "sparse bundle"?
How do i get my files restored on my computer? Thanks!

Try restoring the specific files.
http://pondini.org/TM/15.html

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