Backup Not Restoring

I just bought a new iMac (17") to replace my old 2001 iMac. Before I went to the Apple store, I backed up my home folder to an external LaCie D2 hard drive using the Apple back up program.
I plugged everything in to the new machine and it seemed to work fine. However, when I open the Backup program and attempt to restore, the new computer crashes badly--spinning beach ball of death forever and ever, while an error message occasionally pops up telling me that this file or that can't be restored.
I've tried this several times and even just walked away for two hours to see if anything would happen (i.e., I was just being impatient). But no dice. The old data isn't that large, and is mostly music files (that of course I want to keep). It's only about 2 gigabytes worth of stuff altogether, so there's seems no reason for it to take so long.
Can anyone give me a clue of how to make this work?
Thanks,
Jeff
iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Hello again,
Perhaps this is a permissions issue. connect the external firewire drive. When the icon mounts on the Desktop, select it and press Command + I A "Get Info" window will appear. Look down where it says: Ownership & Permissions. Click the triangle at the left. If necessary click the lock icon. It will ask for your admin password. Make sure under Ownership & Permissions You can: Read & Write
Maybe it will acknowledge your Home folder now....
Carolyn

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