Restore issue using Time Machine when re installed the OS

I recently had problem with OS and apple told me, i need a new Hard Drive. They installed a new Hard Drive and returned my laptop with OS installed on it. They also created a user named "My name" which is not same as my prior user name. Luckily, i had all my data in Time machine.
Now, i am trying to restore the data and i am not able to. First when i tried, i went to time machine and click restore on the most recent one. It looked like it was just going fine since i didn't encounter any problem and it took around 2 hours to restore that 80 GB i had. Now the Machintosh HD size is around 90 GB but i don't see any data on my laptop. Even the applications are not there, so i got to desktop, or documents, or downloads... Nothings there, its like a new laptop but the Hard Drive size is increased as if it restored everything. Macintosh HD shows 4 folders
Library
Users
System
Applications
Each one of them is less than 1 GB so why is this taking around 100 GB of hard drive?
Also, is there a way i can restore everything i have from My time machine backup without having to do OS? I don't care if i have to format the hard drive, i guess i can't do that since the OS is installed on HD.
Any help? Its macbook air and i don't have CD ROM so i can't do OS again, i will have to go to Apple and i rather not.
I am also trying to use 'M'gration assistant' so i can migrate everything but the remaining space is only 18.8 GB and i need more than 80 GB to migrate everything. Any help is sincerely appreciated.
Message was edited by: mohitmadaaan

Unfortunately, Apple doesn't make it clear how to restore your whole system.
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