Time machine chose wrong version to back up but can't find the correct one now!

In a nutshell
- Imac HD crashed and we replaced it.
- data backed up on ™ but 2 versions one for iMac and one for a Macbook we have
- did restore of data to new HD but no option to pick which one was restored and it did the Macbook version
- most important issue is the iMac version no longer visible on ™ and it seems to have created a new version of Macbook data
- it's the iMac data we need and can't "see" on ™
Any ideas?
Layman language please!!

See if Pondini can help http://pondini.org/TM/E2.html

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