How do I put my pictures back on my macbook air from my external hard drive?

i have a macbook air and i put all my iphoto library on a toshiba external hard drive and i can not get them back onto my computer. can anyone please help me, i also dont want to do anything that will make me lose the photos that i now already have on my computer. if any body knows anything please let me know asap i really need the help.

hook up your Toshiba USB external to your AIR.
Open the Toshiba and drag your file with photos back to a file on your Air.
A: are the files on the HD in a time machine backup?  Or are they just stored there as archived data?
B: Can you or can you not access your HD when you hook same to your Air? ....or is the case that you cannot SEE to open it?

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