How do I uninstall Leopard?

I want to uninstall Leopard from my iMac and revert back to Tiger, which it turns out works better for my needs. Can someone tell me a simple direct way to do this?
Thank you.

what Allan meant that you should restore your tiger system from a backup you should have made before installing leopard. from your response it's pretty clear that you don't have one.
what you should do now is first of all make a complete backup of your current system to an external drive. you should always have a backup and it's doubly important before system installs. Use [Superduper|http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html] or [CCCloner|http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html] to make a backup.
next you have two options.
1. [Archive and install|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1710?viewlocale=en_US] of tiger over leopard. downgarding like this is problematic and apple doesn't recommend it but it worked for some people. you won't be able to preserve your user and network settings so you'll have to go through initial computer setup after you reinstall. You'll be able to recover your current users and user directories using [these instructions|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2196?viewlocale=en_US].
2. do an erase and install of tiger over leopard. this will wipe your current installation and give you a fresh copy of Tiger. Then migrate your data by hand from the backup. This is the preferred method. It's slow but safe and it's the best you can do not having made a backup of your tiger system before installing leopard.

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