I'm having a problem replacing the hard drive and restoring from a back up!

I only recently upgraded my 2007 (white) MackBook from Leopard to Snow Leopard so I could install the latest version of iTunes and sync my iPhone 5. I borrowed the discs from someone at work (because it's difficult to purchase them form Apple) and this worked fine and I've been happily using it since September. I use Time Machine to back up to an external hard drive which has always worked really well for me.
I'm now trying to change the internal hard drive (as the old one is full) but to boot up and format the new disc I need the Leopard boot discs that came with my laptop. I did this fine then tried to restore from a Time Machine backup and again all looked ok and after 3-4 hours it said it was complete and to reboot.
I rebooted and now everytime it boots up it comes up with the error (see attached)
I'm not 100% sure why it's doing this but I have a feeling it's because my Time Machine back ups are now for Snow Leopard and my original boot discs are Leopard. I could probably get hold of the SL upgrade disc again but I will need to borrow them again which could be a little difficult.
I have now put the old Hard Drive back into the laptop and it's working fine again but I need to work out what to do here.
Please please please can someone help
Many thanks
Phil Thomas

Huh!! Why couldn't I find this a few months ago? When searching on the Apple site it would only come up with options to upgrade to Lion/Mountain Lion. I even spoke to people of some forums and no one else could find it either. That's why I ended up borrowing a copy because it appeared to be the simplest option. I wonder if this has been made available again since the iPhone 5 launch as I know several people who couldn't upgrade to the newer versions of iTunes.
For £14 quid I'll just buy my own copy.
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