Restoring Apps From Backup

So I poked around in here and, while there are a few threads addressing the general question, I don't know enough to take that info and run with it. I thought it'd be safer if I could just present my situation specifically, so there won't be too much room for error.
On the (bad) advice from an Apple technical support guy, I (apparently needlessly) did a clean install on my PowerBook. I backed everything up onto a LaCie drive using SilverKeeper.
My question is: How do I best get my many apps back onto the PowerBook and functioning properly? I know there's more to it than just replacing the Applications folder (or its contents). And I understand the Library folder(s) comes into play. But I'd like to know exactly what to copy from the external drive and where to place it on the PowerBook. The backed-up version of my PowerBook's hard drive looks a bit different so I would like to be as precise as I can.
I know reinstalling is the best thing to do, but it's time-consuming at best and possibly life-derailing at worst!
(If there's anything else anyone thinks I should know before performing this transfer - application-related or otherwise - I'd appreciate the advice!)
Thanks!
15" PowerBook G4 1.67 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Many apps can be simply moved from your backup disk's application folder to the new harddisk.
However there are definitively configuration files and other stuff created by an application that is then lost. It depends upon the application whether or not (and how) it will work.
Anyway, you find most configuration files at these places:
<Boot volume> / Library / Application Support
<User> / Library
<User> / Library / Application Support
You may look into these directories and move all files and folders that sound like being related to an application you want to restore to the new place.
However a clean installation of the software should be preferred (I guess that file associations are not redone by moving apps).
By the way, you state that reinstalling the OS was a bad advise from the Apple technician (I also not trust them ... so if your backup was generated as a clone, why not restoring the entire disk back to original state ? Anyway, since you don't write about the reason for the OS restore, I'm unsure if this would help.

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