How do I restore system software bought through the app store (don't have CDs) using Time Capsule?

I'm having a certified third party vendor install a new harddrive in my MacBook Pro, and have boldly said that I could backup and restore the old drive myself.
All of my data is safely copied on my Time Capsule, a spare external hard, as well as Dropbox (I don't like losing data). I have an old Snow Leopard CD, but upgrades to 10.8.2 through the app store. What is the easiest way to migrate to the new hard drive? Should I clone it first? Should I load Snow Leopard, then update, then restore from Time Capsule? Can I restore everything from Time Capsule?

You should be able to boot from the SL DVD.. and then use migration assistant to recover the whole drive.
But the easier way to do it is clone.. you can clone the disk using superduper and clone it back again.. much faster and much more likely to work first time without permissions issues etc.
But.. and this is a big fat butt..
I think you are better doing a clean install of Mountain Lion. And then recover only what you want using TM.. you might need to reinstall your applications from scratch as well.. infact definitely do so.
From a superduper clone USB drive.. you should be able to recover directly by just copying directories of files.. least way.. I would do it that way.
Read the stuff in pondini on the different methods to use TM.
Q14-17
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
Good to see you thinking about it before rather than after the event.

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