Time machine restore to non startup disk

[funnyent]

Hi all- my MacBook Pro's hard drive failed and I installed a new SSD as well as a regular HHD (Replacing the optical drive with a DataDoubler). I have OS X Mountain Lion installed on the SSD and want to restore using a time machine backup on the regular HHD, however I can't figure out to restore to that drive instead of the startup SSD. Is the a way to do this? Or do I need to go ahead and install OS X on the HHD, restore, and then switch the drives.

Thanks for your help!
Tim

 

[Weaselboy]

You should be able to plug in the TM disk then option key boot to the TM backup and restore it to the drive of your choice.