Can I use my MacMini Snow Leopard disks when installing Windows on my iMac?

I want to install Win 7 on my iMac this weekend, but I forgot my Snow Leopard install disks at my parent's and probably won't be able to get them for a couple weeks. Those install disks were the full distribution, not the disks that came with my iMac (those disks have 10.5).
I do, however, have a new MacMini that has SL install disks. Would those be good enough? Or could I use the older 10.5 install disks that came with the iMac (it's running 10.6.2 now) and then upgrade later with the Boot Camp 3.1 exe?
Thanks!

I guess that is progress.
Can you get your DVD sent? or email the 950MB you need or postal ship on USB to get 3.0?
A lot of times drivers for chip can be downloaded from vendor.
With wireless, I think people have complained of problems even with Apple's drivers. I'm sure you don't want to but maybe a cheap wired mouse/kb for now?
When I just installed BC 3.0 it downgraded my Realtek audio, not upgrade (removing old drivers to install new is what it erroneously said).
When I bought 10.5.0 it had "2.0" but the same old BC 1.4 drivers. Then bought 10.5.6 a year later, had new drivers, not posted online, not via ASU or any update. I know people have said that new Macs have later 3.x drivers and I'm sure next summer would be better. Also, Windows 7 SP1 will be out next Aug/Sept also.

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HI
thanks for your reply an suggestions .i think i need to be more clear:)
1. I recently bought a new iMac i7 which was preloaded with Snow Leopard
2. I Upgraded to Lion - without doing a CCC backup of the system (wish i did now!) - the only backup i have is on an External WD 2TB as a time machine back up.
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