Restoring From TM Backup Produces Kernel Panic

Hi.
OK, so here's how I got to the problem:
My hard drive failed, so I took it to the Apple Store and they gave me a new one (they also replaced a semi-broken SuperDrive and a I got a new 'top case' because of a sticky power button).
Before I left the store, I turned on the computer to make sure it booted.
It played the welcome movie.
I didn't want to set up OS X right in the store, so I held down the power button to turn it off. Once I got home, I turned it on again. It didn't play the welcome movie this time.
Once it got to the point in the installer where I could choose to restore from a TM backup, the backup that I had connected did not appear in the list(it is on one of two partitions of a WD 500GB drive).
So, I pressed cmd-q to quit. It told me that it wasn't done installing, I said restart anyway.
This time, I booted from my Mac OS X installation DVD.
I selected English, then pressed continue and waited for the menu bar to appear.
I chose Utilities-> Restore From Backup.
This time, my backup appeared. I chose my backup volume, then the most recent backup, then my internal drive as the destination.
It began the long (roughly 45 mins) process of copying all my files back.
At the end, I clicked restart.
The computer turned on, and:
Kernel Panic!
So, here's what else I tried:
I've tried erasing and zero-ing out the internal drive, then reinstalling 10.5.2 (what's on my install DVD).
However, the backups I'm restoring from are 10.6.2.
Could the OS difference be a problem?
However, Apple said that they had installed 10.6.2 when I picked up the computer from the repair. And it didn't work even then.
Could it be the partitioning of the backup drive?
Also, a couple weeks ago, I stopped being able to back up with Time Machine.
I got an error message that not all the files were copied, and that the backup had failed. I checked, and yes, the disk was corrupted. I fixed it with Disk Utility. But, I still couldn't back up.
So, I've been restoring from the last backup that I've been able to make.
However, thinking that there might be a problem with that one, I am currently waiting for a restore from a backup made the previous day (roughly 4 backups ago) to finish.
Any ideas, anyone?
How can I fix this without losing my data?
Thanks in advance, any help would be GRATEFULLY appreciated. (Sorry for the long post!)

nate12345 wrote:
Yeah, it is the SL disc. I am trying an older backup as I write this.
When you say to erase the drive, which do you mean?
The internal drive, or the backup drive?
internal drive. reformat it with disk utility on the snow leopard dvd and then restore. make sure the drive is formatted correctly. it should have GUID partition scheme and be formatted Mac Os extended journaled. then quit disk utility and proceed with the install. on the reboot after the install is finished you'll get setup assistant which will offer to migrate your data from a TM backup. but don't do any fo this till you tried a full system restore from an earlier time point. it might work.
Do I need to zero-out the drive?
no, there is no need to do that.
Thanks again!

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Upon system restart, the apple logo of course popped out and things were looking well, when suddenly that grey box containing international messages of having to hold down the power button popped out.
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They are usually caused by hardware problems, but can be software.
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