Computer useless now after trying to install tiger

I purchased an 02 powerbook g4 550mhz 512 ram 30gb hdd back when it was new anyways i had installed version 10.3.2 on it when that came out and now i have tiger version 10.4.2 and somehow my harddrive is completly erased and i get the message that says "this software cannot be installed on this computer." how did this happen and what can i do to fix it

The Powerbook G4 400 is supported by Tiger. Some other requirements are:
Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G3, G4 or G5 processor
Built-in FireWire
DVD drive for installation
256MB of RAM
3GB of available hard disk space (4GB if you install the developer tools)
It is not possible to upgrade to Tiger from a previous OS, but as an option, you can archive and install. Thereby, retaining your software, files and user prefs. Here's the info link: http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/
How you lost access to your files, is probably related to your failed install. If your computer fullfills the minimum requirements for Tiger, I would retry the install. Once its up and running, Fix Disk Permissions as soon as possible to stablize.
Data Recovery is good software to extract data from a crashed disk or one that has been accidentally erased. Hopefully, you won't need it.
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