If i got a new HDD could my TC restore back to mac please?

ok i was thinking of getting a new bigger HDD for my macbook, & if i did, once i install mac OS could i then use my TC to restore my macbook to its previous settings does anyone know please?
just i have only 25gb left as i do quite a lot of video editing so be nice to find out if this is possible please?
many thanks

Dear Bad Monk,
Here you have al least two ways ahead. 1- backup and restore and 2 - backup, instal and migrate.
First way... do a disk clone to external drive, test it (booting from external to see if it's all ok), replacing your internal drive (take care about statics, and yes now you have 2 backups - the external and the internal you removed), booting to Leopard DVD and instead a new install, you use disk utility to restore your all-ready system from external drive backup, a lot of people like to use super duper or carbon copy clone to do this. (http://www.macinstruct.com/node/130)
Second way... do a disk clone (or backup) to external drive, test it, replace internal disk drive, install Leopard from scratch (called clean install from DVD), when it asks if you want to migrate your data from another mac or disk, point to your backup disk, if I'm not wrong, Leopard DVD will bring from your backup all your stuff, your user directory (all your docs, pictures and movies) and apps (iLife and others you have at applications folder). You will still need to install all updates to Leopard through software update (if you system is up to date, you skip this at the first way above).
You can always use your factory Tiger disk to install factory apps that came with new mac (iLife, etc), you DON'T HAVE TO INSTALL TIGER FIRST. You can install Mac OS X from Leopard disk and use you factory Tiger disk only to install the apps (iLife is part of the new Mac, not part of the OS).
I've done it when I update to Leopard (the 2nd way), and left the tiger bootable partition in external for some time, but had never to use it.
Best regards
kommisar
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