When recovering to new raw drive, do I connect my Time Machine backup disk before powering up?

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I had to replace my hard drive and was unable to retrieve anything; however I have been regularly backing up to an external Lacie drive. I've never done this before; any tips?

 

[Just_Me_D]

The information via the following link should help you tremendously.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250