Simple, safe and best way to solve SL install problem

Not long ago, the internal 230GB drive on my Intel iMac (2.16GHz, Late 2006, 4GB RAM) became unusable ('nuther story there...). So I tried starting up from my external 1TB drive where the Time Machine backups were stored. It had Leopard (10.5.something, which I then updated to 10.5.8) on it. Then after restoring some files from TM backups, I wanted to try to retrieve some apps that needed SL 10.6.8 to run. I tried to install from my SL install disc, but the SL installer said I couldn't (APM vs. GUID/GPT format); apparently the drive was formatted with APM (dang!). The install disc said I had to (re-)partition in GUID/GPT, except that means I would have to have a backup drive for my 500GB or so of TM backups... (which I do NOT have).
So, once I get another large external drive (or get a 500GB/1TB internal and put it into my iMac), I can then wipe and re-partition the external 1TB drive, and THEN install SL on the external drive, and then move all my TM backups back to the external drive, then tell TM to use that drive for my TM backups. I think, unless there's a simpler way that really will work.
For now, I am chomping at the bit, since I have a lot of Pages and Numbers docs (those apps were bought from the Mac App Store), as well as several apps and games (free and purchased) that were downloaded also from the MAS (and require Snow Leopard 10.6 to run).
What I'd like would be for someone to simply list what steps are needed (and in what order they should be done) to safely and reliably get this done, as my patience with APM/GUID/GPT, Apple's design choices on this iMac model, and a few other Apple-related issues is wearing thin. I don't (at this point) care to have any explanation of APM vs. GUID/GPT, why Apple chose to change things what each does differently from the other scheme, etc. (I have downloaded/printed PDFs of a few pages that I will go back and read later (after I get the problems with my iMac and its backup files resolved).
Give me a checklist of the steps (starting with my getting another drive, either an internal for my iMac, or another external one), please.

there are certainly no external drives with preinstalled leopard. you'll have to buy leopard and a drive. you can install it on that drive normally but I would recommend buying a bigger internal drive for your imac. put it in, boot from the leopard install DVd and install leopard.

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