Not enough disk space to restore from time capsule

I have a macbook pro, and I think time capsule backed up any eternal drive attached to it.
The macbook would not boot/? mark, so I repaired/verified disk, got to time capsule and retore, but there is not enough disk space on the macbook to repair (again as I think time capsule backed up external drive which I don't need backed up).
Is there a way to enter time capsule from the macbook, and "check" something to not restore back onto the macbook, the external drive.
Thank you
jonathan golab

You will have to open the Time Machine HDD and find the file where the external HDD information resides and delete it. Note for which date you delete the file and use that date for the restore. Review this extract from the Pondini website;
http://pondini.org/TM/12.html
When you enter the Time Machine HDD, you can open the folder like this example. Probably the best date to choose is the latest one.
Ciao.

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