Can I selectively copy files from TM backup after reinstalling OS from dvd?

Hi everyone,
I have searched both this forum and the web, and have not been able to find an answer.
I have two separate questions. First, I have a 2TB external with a 1.5 TB partition for TM, and 500GB for my Aperture library and iTunes videos. I have TM set so it will back up the second partition on the same drive, as well as the internal HDD of my MBP and another external drive to the TM partition. This won't cause any problems when restoring will it? I don't have another hard drive right now to make another backup of the libraries, because my last one crashed.
I'm planning on doing a reinstall of OSX from the dvds, (Apple's advice) and I was wondering if it's possible to selectively copy things from the TM backup? For example, I would copy the applications over automatically, but I'd want to pick and choose which of the other files to copy back.
I want to be able to eventually get everything back the way it was with no problems, but I don't want to bring something back that was causing my original problems that caused me to reinstall OSX.
If necessary, even starting out new, provided I could copy everything back again piecemeal, would be fine. I just want to get these problems to stop!
Thanks!

Thanks for your reply. I think that my problems are hardware related, but Apple wants me to try to re-install from scratch.
What would I miss that's in the Library folder? The only thing I can think of that'd be hard to get back would be emails from Mail, as I think they are stored in there. However, I excluded one of my email address folders anyway, since it was 4 gigs, and it's a Gmail account anyway.
I just want to make sure that I wouldn't lose anything important.
Also, when I plug in the TM drive after reinstalling from scratch, it won't try to overwrite my backups with a new, almost blank one will it? I'm assuming no, but I want to cover all my bases, as I'm not that familiar with TM.
Thanks for your help!

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