Just archived & installed to fix OSX, now what's the best way to restore?

So recently my OSX stopped working for reasons unknown to me, but an archive and install saved my life, thank god.
However, now I have this folder with all my previous files and applications, I'm wondering if there's an easy way to restore my computer with the Previous Files folder, or if I have to just go through it and find what I need, and paste into applications folder/etc.
I'm also curious if it's safe to do that, since the reason of OSX not working is unknown.
Thanks!

[Mac OS X: About the Archive and Install feature|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1710?viewlocale=en_US]
[X-Lab Archive and install|http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/archiveinstall.html]
[How to get files from a previous home directory after Archive and Install|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107297]

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