A question about archive and install

Recently my system crashed due to a faulty OS instal.
So, I hauled my G4 to the mac store and they resoved the problem for me and told me to do a archive and instal, and even gave me instructions.
Everything was going fine untill it came the time to choose which directory to install to... I clicked on my hard drive and a dialouge box popped up saying that it couldn't install older versions of the files over newer versions....
So now I've hit a dead end.
How can I continue the install?

WanderingAimlessly:
Do you currently have a functioniing OS on your HDD?
Do you have your computer backed up?
If your answers are "no" to the first question and "yes" to the second, I suggest you go a completer reformat, zero all data and install.
Post back with your responses, and we will decide where to go from there.
Good luck.
cornelius

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