External hd that I used for data died... it is backed up on time machine... how do I restore all my data from time machine to a new external hd?

I installed the Lion OS this weekend. After Spotlight tried to index my external hard drive (that I use to store all my data), the external hard drive died. I expected that to happen at some point. The hard drive was an old FireWire 400 LaCie that I had working with my 2009 iMac (FireWire 800) by using an adaptor cable.
My Time Machine backs up both my Macintosh (internal) HD and my external data HD. I know I need to buy a new external drive to use to store my data.
But, then what? How do I get all the content from the backups of the old external (data) HD to the new one?

Another one that Apple doesn't make obvious. 
See #E3 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting. 

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