How to proceed in case of an infected HD before Lion could be installed

My infected hard disk MacbookPro has to be formatted anew. MUST OS 10.6.8 become first installed and afterwards Lion from the " Lion USB Stick"? HD was saved in the TimeMachine, but it seemed to be also infected. What is to do before and after the HD formatting, so, that
files from Mail*, Stickies*, iCal*, Adressbook, iPhoto and iTunes, all documents and application programs are taken over?. (*I lost them by upgrade from 10.5 to10.6.)
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You probably don't have any malware, but it's impossible to get a sense of what your problems are, and thus whether erasing the hard drive is an appropriate solution. You should let us know what hose problems are before taking such drastic measures. And read my Mac Malware Guide for more information about the reality of Mac malware:
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