How to restore entire external volume that is NOT a system volume?

Howdy,
I just had my music HD die. Disk Warrior even tells be that it is trashed. Thankfully it is backed up on Time Machine, but I am not clear on how to restore a totally new volume that is NOT a system volume. I see plenty of advice on the forums about system volumes.
I will most likely have to get another HD, but I can't, via Time Machine go into that new one and hit the restore button can I? So how do I restore an ENTIRE backed up volume in Time Machine to a new volume?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

iPhotoStuff 2,
Creating a same-named volume is the key. Time Machine sees "resident" volumes according to their name (it identifies the actual backup volume a bit differently).
This volume need not be an entire drive; it could be a discreet partition on said drive. Just make sure that it is large enough to accommodate all of your iTunes data, and that it has the same name as the old volume that previously contained that data.
Mount the new same-named volume, then connect the Time Machine backup drive (if it is not already). Using the Finder, navigate to the "root" of the new same-named volume, then click the Time Machine icon in the Dock. Navigate back to the most recent backup (if that is the one you wish to restore), then press Command-A to "select all." Finally, click "Restore," and Time Machine will handle the rest.
Drag & drop in the Finder will work just as well, if you are restoring to a folder instead of a volume. You merely navigate in the Finder into a Time Machine backup folder named with the appropriate date and time, then simply drag the files/folders you want to a new location. While this action, by itself, will not "restore" a file that might exist in a backup made 3 months ago, but not contained in the newest backups, neither would a single "Restore" from within Time Machine itself. In both cases, it will be up to you to locate and retrieve those items.
Scott

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