Best way to do a full restore of an external disk?

Time Machine has been backing up my OS X boot drive + an external FireWire HD. The external HD just died (i.e., OS X mounts it with a warning, DiskWarrior reports it can't update the directory due to a hardware failure).
I'd like to restore to another external HD of the same size.
Nearly all of the discussion I've found relates to a full restore of a boot drive. One blog article described naming the new HD the same as the original, and doing a conventional Time Machine restore to this new, empty drive. But the article warned that, after the full restore, Time Machine would then proceed to backup every file on the new drive. That is, Time Machine would not consider the new drive to be a replacement for the failed drive and simply pick up where it left off.
Should I take that approach or use the "Restore from Backup" utility on the Leopard install DVD?
-- Ward

Ward,
The approach you read about is one of the only ways it will work. Another contributor had another:
"If you don't have another external. in finder preferences check the box to show the whole computer in the sidebar. click on the whole computer in the sidebar in finder and start TM scroll back to the time the external was present. it will show up in the TM finder window. navigate to your photos select what you need and hit "restore". you'll be prompted for a restore location."
I haven't tried it myself so I don't know if it works.
Don't use "Restore System From backup..." as that will not restore failed external drives to another drive.
"Yes", Time Machine will likely perform a new full backup of the external drive. Before that occurs, I would add the drive to the TM Exclusion List, then restore the backup to the drive. Then verify that everything is there - maybe give it day or two. Next you can go into the Time Machine "time travel" interface and highlight the old drive in the Sidebar, and delete it with "Delete all backups of...". That should free up space. Finally, remove the new drive from the TM Exclusion LIst and backup it up.
Let us know if this resolve your issue.
Cheers!
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