Using Time Machine After Format/OS Install (10.5 to 10.6)

Hi Everyone,
I used Time Machine to back up my computer onto a 1TB external drive, and then formatted my MacBook's HDD, and installed Snow Leopard.
Before I use Time Machine again to backup my fresh install I just want to be sure that my other backups of the old HDD that are on my external drive will be untouched.
Can anyone confirm?

NerdSeven wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I used Time Machine to back up my computer onto a 1TB external drive, and then formatted my MacBook's HDD, and installed Snow Leopard.
Before I use Time Machine again to backup my fresh install I just want to be sure that my other backups of the old HDD that are on my external drive will be untouched.
Can anyone confirm?
Time Machine will do a full backup of the internal HD, since everything you put on it since erasing it is new.
If there isn't enough space on the backup drive for that (plus 20%), TM will begin deleting old backups trying to make room. If it gets to the very last backup and there still isn't enough room, it will fail with a message, leaving only the most recent backup.

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