How can I completley restore my Macbook back to an earlier time from my G-Drive Time Machine?

I'm not talking about recovering a few files, I need everything restored. Thanks.

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Hello ANDREW KC NICHOLAS CSERESNYES,
Sorry to hear that you have been having trouble restoring your Time Machine backup to your MacBook Pro. I understand that you have tried a few methods including Migration Assistant, but your drive does not show up. In Migration Assistant, the drive may not show up as "Time Machine backup" and might just be called Macintosh HD:
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How to use Migration Assistant to transfer files from another Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4889
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