Soft ware accidentally deleted!

My wife has has an iMac with a 1TB WD external HD that she uses for backups and storeing movies. The other week the external HD crashed, in the process of trying to retrieve the info I accidentally deleted some of the Mac OS. Most things work but I can no longer backup through Time Machine or access Mail.
I've got a replacement external drive and figure the easiest way to fix my problem is to copy all of her files like iphoto, itunes and documents onto the external HD then reinstall Mac OS on her iMac.
Do I just drag and drop the files I need and how do I know if I have copied everything across.
Thanks,
Barry

Narya; His info says he's on 10.5.8. Re-installing that doesn't just replace system files. The option you quote is for 10.6.x
TheGaff: Yes, you can do that as long as the crashed drive is mountable and readable. Using something like CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper to copy the files over would be the best way to ensure you get everything that's recoverable.
If there's room on the iMac's HD, an Archive and Install of 10.5 would give you a new system while leaving all her current system and files in a new folder titled something like "Previous System Folder". However you will need at least as much HD space as is currently in use, times 2, plus another 20 GB or so to ensure you don't get 'disc full' warnings.
If that's not available it'll have to be an erase and install.

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