Restore a hard drive backup time machine (how?)

I've been Googling this and if you don't find a clear answer.  If you can point me in the right direction please do.

I have a Mac Pro, and the system drive (a 850 Pro SSD Samsung I installed it a year ago) has failed.  At this point, I can't clone it, and the only recent backup I have is the Time Machine backup.  I have an old backup to clone (if all goes well bootable).

What is the best way to install a new HD and restore from Time Machine backup?  All of the guides I can find mention using recovery recovery partition or on the internet, or which are options in this case.

A proposal, it is something like:

(a) in a way to format the new disk (starting from the bootable clone if all goes well?)

(b) restart into recovery mode?  Will be (a) install the recovery on the new disk partition?

I have also 4 readers installed in the Mac (now dead), I don't know if that complicates.  (System, data, and a clone of each.  The clone system is very up to date.)

(I normally also note make backups with SuperDuper! but for a reason that has not been running on this hard drive for months.)  "And it's too late now).

Thank you.

(I'm on the latest version 10.10, not what it says in the signature.  The clone may be some 10,10 versions behind.)

In particular, the directions of Apple are meaningless:

OS X Yosemite: restore your entire system

It is said in short:

  1. Replace the HD.  (Done, now there a disk not formatted instead of a system drive.)
  2. Make sure your Time Machine backup disk is connected and turned on... (of course, ok)
  3. Choose the Apple menu > restart.  (How do I?  There is no OS installed.)

Etc., but if I followed these instructions I get no further than 2.  With the clone bootable in the computer, there just boots that and will not go into recovery mode (looks like the clone has no recovery partition).  So I'm stuck.

Suggestions?  Thanks in advance.

Tags: Mac OS & System Software

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