Using Time Machine without Leopard Discs

Hello
for reasons to complicated to list (one being that I am not very clever) I need to restore all my files onto my iBook (I have erased the hard drive partition). I have Time Machine backups on a Firewire drive and a NAS drive but have left Leopard discs at work and can't get them til after holidays (in Scotland we are off until early Janaury).
I have a Mac Mini running 10.5.0 can I some how use that along with Firewire or NAS backups to reinstall Leopard on the iBook ?

Hello John.
It's worth trying to duplicate the Mac Mini system to your iBook, I'm not sure if this works between different architecture, but with the same processor, it should be ok.
For this, you can use Carbon Copy Cloner (http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html). Boot your Mac Mini, plug your iBook in using Target mode (hit T early at boot), then duplicate the system using CCC.
Now your iBook should be able to boot, and you should be able to get your data back using Time Machine.

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