time machine backup

I just installed a new hard drive in my macbook pro late 2011. I did a time machine backup first. I had a sound issue which thus far seems to be repaired. The OSX that installed at command r was Lion. I have not yet done a full restore from time machine. I had purchased and installed Mountain Lion on my previous HD so it is on time machine backup. I didn't want to do the full restore from time machine in case the sound issue was a corruption issue in the ML in old hard drive, which someone suggested could have caused the sound issue.

So... I want Mountain Lion again, but do not want to retrieve it from my time machine back up for said reasons.

Questions: 1. If I do a full back up from the time machine will all 485 GB load onto my new hard drive? I'm assuming it will, and I don't want it too, especially because about 275 GB are "other" (yellow bar in storage). Also because ML might be corrupt.

2. If I begin the full restore from time machine, will it ask what files I want? Can I skip Mountain Lion, yet retrieve my Office programs, Dragon Dictate, iTunes?

3. If the answer is yes to 2., will I just retrieve Mountain Lion from my apple purchase and reload it? In which case, I will do that before I get my files from time machine.

I don't want to guess and start loading the time machine incorrectly. Thank you.

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I'm not sure why it says March 29, 2014, I just now adjusted my clock