Upgrade MBP to OSX 10.6 & Restore Time Machine?

[Jaimi]

I'm having hard drive problems on my MBP (3,1).

To make a long story short - I'm going to replace the hard drive this weekend with a new WD 320GB. But this looks like an opportune time to upgrade to 10.6.

Can I install the 10.6 upgrade on a bare drive?
If so, can I restore my 10.5 Time Machine backup onto it?

Or should I just go ahead and install 10.5, restore, and then install 10.6?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[MrCheeto]

The "Upgrade" disk will search for Leopard to be installed, so you will need to install Leopard first.

I would recommend installing Leopard, Restoring with Time Machine, then installing Snow Leopard.

 

[BittenApple]

You can use your 10.5 Time Machine backup on 10.6, you can restore it after the first initial boot after the install.