Data backup for impending hard drive failure

I know there's a post out there that already answered this question, but I cannot for the life of me find it again. So please, forgive the repeat post.
My hard drive is all but dead (one month out of warranty, naturally), and a replacement is on its way. Fortunately, most of my data are backed up, but none of my system files are.
I predict that I will be able to run my PB for minutes at most, so I need to be very choosy as to which remaining files I copy. What are the most important folders that I should try to retrieve before my hard drive breathes its last?
I'm already planning on /library/mail and /library/keychains
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for any advice -
1GhZ PowerBook Ti   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

suggested files in OS 10.4 (as a guess it's similar in 10.3):
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301239
otherwise most of the data files like pictures, music etc are in user home folder:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106167

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