G4 Tiger: need to back-up and re-install: how is this best accomplished?

I have numerous errors on my system and feel like it would be best to back-up and re-insatll Tiger. Is this just as simple as copying all my files to my back-up drive and then reformatting?

No. You need to use something like Carbon Copy Cloner, SuperDuper!, Disk Utility (restore only, not image), etc. to make a bootable backup of your system. Be advised that if your problem's software related, the backup will probably exhibit the same problems. See http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/backuprecovery.html and search these forums for backups for more details.

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