Transferring apps/data/settings in Tiger upgrade

My iBook (which was running 10.3.9) is in for repair at the moment. When it comes back it will have a brand new hard drive (80GB) and 10.4.7 installed.
Could you advise me on the best way to restore all the apps, files, settings etc? Virtually everything that was on the old internal drive- plus a bit more - is cloned on an external, Lacie firewire back-up, making about 60GB in all.
I want to make sure it's a good, solid upgrade - so any recommendations/step-by-step advice would be much appreciated!

Hi, conran.
If you have a true "clone" (bootable duplicate) of your original hard drive on the LaCie that was made with a proper Backup and Recovery Utility, and the LaCie is a FireWire drive, then you'll want to use the Setup / Migration assistant to restore your former accounts, apps, data, preferences, etc. from the clone to your iBook and its new hard drive. This approach can copy everything from the clone except the OS, and, as you note that your iBook should return with a fresh copy of Mac OS X 10.4.7 installed, you don't want to overwrite that by "cloning the clone" back to the iBook using the Backup and Recovery utility you employed to make the clone.
See "Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4: Transferring data with Setup Assistant / Migration Assistant FAQ." See also this page describing the new Setup Assistant.
In this case, you'd connect — via FireWire cable — and power-on the LaCie to your iBook. The iBook will probably start up to the Setup Assistant. Select "Transfer information from another Mac" when prompted. Then (here's the trick), when prompted for "How you would like to migrate?" select "From another volume on this Mac." In the next window, select your LaCie FireWire drive. Then continue to follow the prompts.
As FYI, if it does return with 10.4.7 installed, be sure they include a copy of the Tiger Install DVD. Otherwise, you won't have a bootable disc from which you can run Disk Utility, presuming the install discs that came with your iBook have Mac OS X 10.3.8 or earlier on them. See: "Only use Mac OS X 10.4-compatible disk utilities with Mac OS X 10.4 volumes."
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
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