Transferring Hard drive data. Help desperatly needed!!

I recently had a malfunction of my hard drive but with some help of Disc Warrior managed to back up all of the HD on to an external USB HD. I then replaced the existing HD in my Macbook for a larger drive an reinstalled OS 10.5.3. However I can't transfer any of the old system/library/applications or User settings and programs. So all my iLife, iWork, Quicktime pro etc will only run in demo modes.
Does anyone know how I can "swap" all the content from my backed up HD on to my new internal HD?
By the way the back up was NOT done in Time Machine.
Thanks in advance.

You can reinstall iLife simply by inserting the second recovery DVD that came with your computer and following the onscreen directions to "install additional software that came with your computer." As for iWork, simply install it from the disk that it came in. The serial number is included with the disk.
You can get the key for your Quicktime Pro account by emailing Apple support and explaining the situation.
If you're still looking to clone your external backup back to your internal drive, there's a few ways to do it. The easiest for non-technical users is to plug your Macbook into another Mac with a firewire cable and boot into FireWire target disk mode. (To do so, start with your MacBook off. Hook it up to the other Mac and then turn it on while holding the T key. This will mount the drive to the desktop of the second Mac.) From there, simply use Disk Utility to wipe your Macbook's hard drive clean and then clone the external disk (where your backup is) to the internal hard drive in the Macbook.

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