Restore addressbook and calendar

I stupidly tried to import my old system's addressbook and calendar to my G5 running 10.5.7 and lost all the data and the apps don't work anymore! Do I have to do clean reload of Leopard to restore the addressbook and calendar, or is there a way to just load the Apple apps and avoid having to wipe my drive?

Hi, and welcome to the forums.
I take it you're not using Time Machine? This would be a snap if you were. (Hint, hint)
I believe you can load AddressBook, but not iCal, from the Leopard Install disc, using the "Install Bundled Software Only" option. That was true in Panther, anyway. Otherwise, an Archive and Install should work, without having to erase your drive.
Full instructions for this are in the *Archive & Install* section of the Glenn Carter - Restoring Your Entire System / Time Machine post. I think you'll want to delete the data you imported before you do this.
Alternatively, you may be able to extract them via the Pacifist app, from: http://www.charlessoft.com/. I've not used it, but see it referenced here fairly often.

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    I appreciate this may not be a "problem" as such, but is frustrating as all my contacts and calendar live in Outlook and I can't function without them
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