How do I recover data from a repartioned boot drive?

Hello all, I am hoping someone can help me with my problem. I have a PowerMac G5 1.8 single CPU. OSX 10.5.
Recently my 'B' hard drive dedicated to Time Machine failed. I purchased a replacement drive, and when in disk utility I accidentally repartioned my 'A' drive. So now there is no startup disk. Can I reverse what I did? I am thinking no.
I have Data Rescue by Prosoft, and I scanned it and I can recover all from the A drive (it's about 2 TB for everything). But I don't need to recover the OS since I have the disk. I just want all my data.
So here are my questions:
I don't have a 2TB drive. I could purchase one and recover all the data from the A drive. Then what do I do? I assume I would reload a fresh install of 10.5 onto the new B drive (saving A for now). Then how do I get all of my files and setting backs into the new boot drive? Is there an easy way to reimport?
If I don't buy a 2TB drive, what are my options? Again I assume I would load fresh 10.5 onto B, then try to recover the files I need from the old A drive. I have tons of photos, emails, and some PShop and Illustrator work files.
What happens of I reload 10.5 back onto the A drive? Will it wipe out all of the files I want to save, or is OSX smart enought to keep data and only install the OS?
Are there any other options for me?
Thanks,
Neal

nealfromhillsborough wrote:
 Run Data Rescue and cherry pick the data off the original A drive onto the new boot disk B.My fear is that I am not savvy enough to filter through all the files I don't need to find what I do need, and then knowing where on the new drive to put it.
Safer to recover everything that's recoverable, then pick out what you want, and ensure it's usable.
Oh, another question. Let's say I get the new 2TB drive and recover everything, does that mean it become a bootable disk again? Wiil it behave like the original A did? I understand there will be some damage, I'm just not clear (and Data Rescue's literature is not clear) on what happens after a full recover. I guess it will just be folders/files that I need to review for what I need.
No, it won't be bootable; you'll just have a data disc.

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