(This is a G5 running 10.5.6).

One of my Mac's two internal hard drives dropped dead five days ago,
but I had Time Machine keeping track of both of them, so I should be
able to get the backed-up data from the dead drive onto the new
replacement drive that I will shortly install. Right? (Say right.)

Except, I'm not sure how to restore things with Time Machine, since I
never did it before, and I was hoping somebody here can answer a
question I have before I try it.

I have to go back five days in Time Machine to see the last backup of
the dead drive, and meanwhile I have five days of additional changes
to the other drive.

If I go back five days in Time Machine to retrieve the dead drive's
data, and I tell TM to Restore it to a replacement drive, will TM
restore BOTH drives to the way they were five days ago? I don't want
that, I want TM to leave the good drive current. Can I highlight ONLY
the 1-gig's backup folder, and tell TM to restore it to the new drive,
and it will do that and leave the other drive alone?

Tom
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