Have 10.4 recovery discs, but running on 10.5 and want to upgrade to 10.6?

Hi all!
1st qn: I have a mid-07 MB that came with OSX 10.4. Then last December the HDD crashed and i sent it for repair. The technician installed 10.5 onto my MB but i wasn't allowed to exchange my recovery discs to the 10.5 ones. I was told that in the event i needed to do a restore, my OSX 10.5 would be restored back to a 10.4 since my discs are 10.4 ones.
My question is if i go for the $29 upgrade pack, is it alright? I will be getting a new set of installation+recovery discs?
I'm a relatively new Mac user and never did an OS upgrade before, i'm not sure if each OS has its own set of installation+recovery discs...
2nd qn: if my ext HDD is already mac-formatted on my 10.5, after i back-up and upgrade to 10.6, the ext HDD doesn't have to be reformatted again and i should see what i last saw inside the ext HDD as per the backup?
Thanks for your patience in reading!!!

hollowman wrote:
Hi all!
1st qn: I have a mid-07 MB that came with OSX 10.4. Then last December the HDD crashed and i sent it for repair. The technician installed 10.5 onto my MB but i wasn't allowed to exchange my recovery discs to the 10.5 ones. I was told that in the event i needed to do a restore, my OSX 10.5 would be restored back to a 10.4 since my discs are 10.4 ones.
the technician only meant that if you bring your mac in for repairs to the apple store and THEY need to restore it they will put 10.4 back on it. that's just a policy, not a technical requirement. you yourself can do whatever you want and there is certainly no reason to ever put 10.4 back on your mac now.
My question is if i go for the $29 upgrade pack, is it alright?
oops, misread your first post. I would think it's not all right actually. 10.5 was put on your computer by mistake. you need to own a 10.5 install disk to run it legally.
I will be getting a new set of installation+recovery discs?
yes. it's just one installation disk. you only got two with the new computer because it includes ilife and didn't fit on one disk.
I'm a relatively new Mac user and never did an OS upgrade before, i'm not sure if each OS has its own set of installation+recovery discs...
yes.
2nd qn: if my ext HDD is already mac-formatted on my 10.5, after i back-up and upgrade to 10.6, the ext HDD doesn't have to be reformatted again and i should see what i last saw inside the ext HDD as per the backup?
of course.
Thanks for your patience in reading!!!
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