Help with Recovery and Time machine

So a friend of mine sent me her laptop to change hard drives. She also sent her Time machine external HDD. I used her drive as a recovery disc using the Lion recovery tool. I didnt see or didnt read any where that stated the drive would be unusable afterwards. But after restoring OSX and moving her data back from the old drive I cant seem to get the Time Machine disc contents. So im trying to get the data from the drive without completely wiping it.
Any suggestions?
She has 13 (black)book late 2007
running 10.7.4

You should not restore a Time Machine backup from one Mac to another one, especially a new one.
If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data, then reinstall the OS.* You don't need to erase the startup volume, and you won't need the backup unless something goes wrong. If the system was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you may need the Apple ID and password you used.
If you use FileVault 2, then before running the Installer you must launch Disk Utility and select the icon of the FileVault startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) It will be nested below another icon with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar and enter your login password when prompted. Then quit Disk Utility to be returned to the main Recovery screen.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
If you installed the Java runtime distributed by Apple and still need it, you'll have to reinstall it. The same goes for Xcode. All other data will be preserved.
*The linked support article refers to OS X 10.10 ("Yosemite"), but the procedure is the same for OS X 10.7 ("Lion") and later.

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