Restoring from TM back up without the installation DVD?

I just replaced the HD in my Mini since the original died but I can't find my original OSX Installation DVD.
I was hoping restoring the system would be pretty painless since my TM back ups are up to date but it seems that I won't be able to use them, correct?

tenant13 wrote:
I am indeed using Snow Leopard - I got here directly from google and didn't notice that this is a Leopard forum. I could repost but it seems that in this case it makes no difference what operating system I'm on - I still need the DVD.
Correct (the difference is, which DVD).
And as to the "bootable" drive: I do have a small emergency bootable FireWire drive but it only has operating system on it and a couple of utilities. I suppose that won't do?
You can't do a full system restore without a disc; and you can't use +Setup Assistant+ without a fresh installation of OSX. Your best bet by far is to get a DVD that you can use to do a full system restore.
In theory, you could "clone" your F/W drive to the internal, then use +Migration Assistant+ to transfer your apps and user accounts from your backups.
That does present some problems:
If the user account on the F/W drive has the same name as any on your backups, it can't be transferred "as is;" you must either skip it or have MA rename it.
Sone 3rd-party apps transferred that way may not work properly, if at all. Some may need to be reinstalled from the original discs, and some (even the ones that transfer properly) may need to have their purchase keys/serial numbers re-entered.
User accounts may not have the proper permissions to files on other drives, including the backups.
See [Using Migration Assistant|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/Migrate.html], especially the pink boxes towards the bottom.

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