Saved my iPhone backup to external hard drive how to access it?

How do I access that backup from my new computer and restore my iPhone?
The iPhone is a 4S and the backup is from a 4 idk if that matters but I would appreciate the help
I have a MacBook pro I'm doing this transfer from

Ok,
So i've decided that it would probably be easiest to backup all the data on my external LaCie drive onto my ipod and then reformat the external drive with two partitions: one solely for backups and the other for all the additional files (not on my powerbook). I'll call the main large partition "storage" and the second smaller partition "backup image". Will this work fine?
If so, does this mean that the backups would go straight to the new "backup image" partition created and it would leave the rest of my files untouched (on the "storage" partition)?
Finally, how large should I create the "backup image" partition i.e. how large should I expect the bootable disk image of my 60gb hard drive to be? Ideally i'd like to keep as much room as possible on my "storage" partition.
Thanks in advance!

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