Aborting Install

Leopard won't install on my MacBook Pro. I would like to go back to Tiger...if it still exists. But how do I abort the Install disc? If I click "Quit Mac OS X Installer," I get three choices...
1. Restart
2. Startup Disk
3. Don't Quit
The first choice would presumably restart my computer with the Install disk, leading to another failed attempt at installing Leopard. If I click "Startup Disk," the choices are Max OS X, 10.5.1. on Mac . . . Install DIV," which means I'm still dependent on the Install disk.
I don't understand what a "Network Startup" is.
Does this mean my Tiger OS no longer exists? Is there a way to eject my Install disk using my keyboard, which would hopefully default me to Tiger?
Thanks.

David Blomstrom wrote:
Leopard won't install on my MacBook Pro. I would like to go back to Tiger...if it still exists. But how do I abort the Install disc? If I click "Quit Mac OS X Installer," I get three choices...
1. Restart
2. Startup Disk
3. Don't Quit
The first choice would presumably restart my computer with the Install disk, leading to another failed attempt at installing Leopard. If I click "Startup Disk," the choices are Max OS X, 10.5.1. on Mac . . . Install DIV," which means I'm still dependent on the Install disk.
I don't understand what a "Network Startup" is.
Does this mean my Tiger OS no longer exists? Is there a way to eject my Install disk using my keyboard, which would hopefully default me to Tiger?
Thanks.
From the sound of it, you do not have a Tiger backup. Your best bet is to abort the install and immediately backup the internal drive in order to recover as much of Tiger as you can.
If you use the internal HD, you will be overwriting data.
Whatever reason that Leopard did not install is also part of the problem - did you use DU to check the disk and file permissions? That might account for the failed install.
The default install is to overwrite Tiger, which is most likely what you did. If you chose an Archive&Install, you have a good chance of recovering much of what you had in Tiger.

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