Should I upgrade to newer OS if i want to salvage damaged HD 'remnants'?

This seems to warrant a new discussion thread - For background this is the original: https://discussions.apple.com/message/21080765#21080765
Deal is, a 2007 Mac Mini 1,1 running OS 10.4 has a damaged HD. I transferred what could be salvaged from DW's "Preview Disk" to an external FW
drive.
That said, I am about to remove/replace the Mac Mini HD with new HD. Once that's installed, any reason why i couldn't or shouldn't install Snow Leopard -
the latest OSX installer i've got on hand - rather than reinstalling the old 10.4 off the Mini's original disks. New HD will be 250GB - old one was 60GB btw.
If i (can) put 10.6 on it, any reason i couldn't still retain some of the data from the folder of backed up 'rescued' items..? Would there be any possible conflicts?
I want to try and reinstate as much of the original user ID info, passwords etc as i can. Will i have any path from the "Library" and "Users" folders copied from the damaged disk -- and the Apple "Mail" app. for instance - or am i better off just starting from square one, manually re-entering data wherever possible on the
new HD and OS? Any restrictions or limitations putting a much newer OS on a Mini Intel Core Solo machine?
Thanks to all for opinions and perspectives - much appreciated!
Mike

• Once that's installed, any reason why i couldn't or shouldn't install Snow Leopard -
the latest OSX installer i've got on hand - rather than reinstalling the old 10.4 off the Mini's original disks. New HD will be 250GB - old one was 60GB btw.
Precisely what you should do. Every OS knows how to get data / files from previous versions. You will ofcourse need the 10.6 DVD.
• or am i better off just starting from square one, manually re-entering data wherever possible on the
new HD and OS?
It is not that complicated, and certainly no need to do manual entry. For example, Mail lets you import mailboxes (Mail / File / Import Mailboxes) when the old mailboxes are on a drive that is mounted. You simply have to start the import process from the new Mac, then navigate to the mailboxes you want to move over. The imported mailboxes end up in your new Mail. Similarly Safari will import bookmarks.
Good luck.

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