How Can I go Back to Leopad and sill keep all my data, e-mails etc.

Hi
I installed SL on Sept 3,2009. I'm a new Mac user so all I had was TM Backups which I still have. After SL install I have had lots of problems and a couple of days ago My system already failed and would not start. Called Apple, they said I had to re-install my OS. If that was the case I said I wanted to go back to Leopard, I was told use the leopard install disk and use disk utilities to locate the last Leopard TM backup and restore from that point and from there I was told I could recover all my Data, e-mails from Sept 3, 2009 the point of recovery at the time Sept 15/2009.
When I called back in after recoving to Sept 3/2009 for help in my data etc to Sept 15/2009 I was told I had been given bad advise, and that was not possible. So I have had to re-install SL and get back my data and e-mails etc to today. You can imagine how frustrating all this has been.
I'm now back on SL with all my Data, emails, etc but still experiencing many problems, and what I'm reading on this site makes me nervous that the worst is yet to come. My Tm seems to have double the amount of stuff and is a mixture of Leopard and SL backups. Is there a way of now going back to Leopard and then retrieving all my Data, form TM or from the other stuff I have saved? I have made copies of Mail, itunes, Documents, Safari, and I have all my pictures on my PC I have not added any since converting from my PC in early July. If I knew where they were I'd make a copy of them as well. I know there are a lot of smart Mac users out there so I'm hoping someone knows of a way of doing this, and can explain it it easy steps of a novice user. If there is someone from Apple out there reading this given the problems with SL I have had, and the bad advice on how to recover, some accurate, detailed instructions on how if possible I can get back to Leopard with all my data, it would sure be nice to hear from you.....
Dale

I rolled back a system from OS X 10.6.0 to OS X 10.5.8 via the Archive & Install (non-preserve) and it was successful. Now it didn't have any 3rd party applications installed. It just had the default OS bundled applications, iLife '09 and iWork '09. So that could have assisted in my success, I'm unsure how successful the process would have been if there was a lot of 3rd party framework modification. Although most of that would have been wiped clean in the Archive & Install, thus negating the problem.
Personally, I'd be more inclined to have you copy the contents of your Home folder (minus the Library) onto an external HD and manually reimport after a clean install of Leopard. The problem with that, however, is you'll lose Safari bookmarks, iCal data and Address Book data. So for something like you'd need to manually dig through the appropriate Library folders.
Are you near a Genius Bar? It might be worth visiting them and asking them for some assistance. I know when I worked there I was always outwardly accommodating when the issue was caused by inappropriate information that led you in the wrong direction from the start.

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