Erasing internal P'book HD and restoring SOME data from external TM HD?

I would like to erase the internal 60 GB HD in my PowerBook G4 that is about 99% full.
I did a TM backup yesterday (to a 250 GB firewire external) and would like to clear off the internal HD and bring back SOME of the data but not so much that there isn't room to work.
Someone here on the forum advised against erasing all the original data on the internal HD because then your backups are no longer backups.
Short of putting a larger HD into the P'Book (which is probably 5 - 6 years old) what strategy would you recommend? I have a new 1TB USB 2.0 external that could get into the act here . . . anyone want to provide a direction for me?
Thanks very much.

1. First do your reinstallation and the restore of files you wish to keep on the internal drive. Once that is done turn off TM and set the backup drive to None. Change the Computer Name, turn TM back on and select the backup drive. When TM does the backup it should do so to a new folder under the new Computer Name. You Backups.backupd folder on the backup drive will then contain two main folders under each separate Computer Name.
2. To transfer the existing TM backup to your new drive you must first partition the new drive using the APM partition scheme if the drive is used on a PPC or GUID if used on an Intel machine. Format the drive using Mac OS Extended, Journaled. Clone the old backup drive to the new one using the Restore option in Disk Utility per the following:
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (journaled, if available) and click on the Erase button. This step can be skipped if the destination has already been freshly erased.
4. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the new backup drive.
Source means the old backup drive.
3. Yes, but when you use the TM application you will need to invoke the option to restore from a different TM backup drive or TM backup.
For more on how to use TM or resolve problems see the User tips at the top of this forum's Topics listing.

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