Upgrading hard drive + Leopard family pack

I'm about to upgrade my hard drive from the 80gb it came with to a 350gb. I have time machine so everything is backed up and I have leopard installed from a family pack on this hard drive. I am hoping to use that same install cd to install leopard on the new hard drive is it possible to use the same leopard installation on the new hard drive since I'm no longer going to be using the old hard drive? If so how do I go about doing so? Thanks

Correct. The install DVD doesn't count the number of installations you do, it is limited to 5 users by the legal agreement. You agree to these with every Apple software product when it pops up with the Agree/Disagree dialog box. Legitimate use is also assumed by the ethical level of Mac users.
If it was limited to five installations and you had to reinstall more than five times on one disk, it would lock you out, but it doesn't. I've had to do several reinstalls on my aging MacBook Pro, but have not installed on more than five computers (actually only two computers), but have done the install more than a total of five times.
You might consider V.K.'s method of restoring. I'm not as familiar with Time Machine capabilities. I use Time Machine and it has pulled my fat from the fire more than once by being able to restore individual files, but I have not done a complete restore using Time Machine.
You might do a search on this forum for detailed instructions about a complete restore using Time Machine.

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