Selectively transfer data to new ipad from backup

My 64gb 1st generation ipad was recently stolen.  I do, however, have a recent backup stored on my macbook pro.  I would like to replace my ipad and restore my old data, however I am cheap and feel that 16gb should be sufficient for my needs.  I was wondering whether restoring from the backup will work, given the difference in the hard drive size (the size of the backup folder on my mac pro is 46gb).  Most of the old data is movies which I don't need.  However, there is <1gb of critical data (personal notes) which I desperately want to see again.  Is there any way to selectively recover this data?  Thanks!

Sounds like I'm stuck then.  I found one forum thread that suggested you could trick the ipad into selectively overlooking data from certain apps during restore by deleting them from itunes (https://discussions.apple.com/message/23622388?searchText=Selectively%20transfer %20data%20to%20new%20ipad%20from%20backup#23622388).  If true, I think this could solve my problem since most of the data is from a single app. Do you think this could work?
Thanks for your help, Diavonex!

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