How to restore my back-ups to a external drive

I recently installed a external usb 2.0 hard drive to my macbook pro.
I changed my Itunes media files location to said new drive and did the files - Library - Organize Library. But what I really need is to restored from backup DVD's to this new location My DVD back-ups do I have all my content I want to get into the external drive (that has enough space to hold all the media). I was running out of room on the laptop so I would delete movies that I don't watch all the time (as I have a backup copy on DVD) download more media. Repeat the process a few more times until I finally broke down and purchased this external drive to stop the madness.
But each time I put in my DVD backup it wants to restore to the laptop (even with new media location set). Any work around? Or
WIll I have to restore from DVD to laptop, and do a library consolidating process to get the media to the external drive.

Hello Jayrajjpatel,
It sounds like you have a Time Machine backup on an external drive that you would like to use to restore your computer. The following article will help you get that done, named:
OS X Mavericks: Recover your entire system
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14185
If you’re restoring your system because of a problem with your startup disk, repair or replace the disk before following these instructions.
Make sure your Time Machine backup disk is connected and turned on. If your disk is on a network, make sure your Mac is on the same network.
Choose Apple menu > Restart. Once your Mac restarts (and the gray screen appears), hold down the Command (⌘) and R keys.
Select “Restore from a Time Machine Backup,” then click Continue.
Do one of the following:
External backup disk: Select it, then click Continue.
Time Capsule: Choose your network from the AirPort menu on the right side of the menu bar, and then select your Time Capsule and click “Connect to Remote Disk.”
Network backup disk: Select it, then click “Connect to Remote Disk.”
If necessary, enter the name and password you use to connect to your backup disk, then click Connect.
Select the date and time of the backup you want to restore, then follow the onscreen instructions.
After you restore your system, Time Machine may perform a full backup at the next scheduled backup time. This is normal. Time Machine resumes incremental backups after the full backup is completed.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the very best,
Sterling

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