How to uninstall leopard?

Please I need to get my Tiger back to open my saved files. How do I uninstall the leopard.

There's only one way. Boot from your Tiger installer disc. After the installer loads select your language then click on the Continue button. Proceed to the screen where you select your target drive. Select your drive then click on the Options button. Select the Erase and Install option then click on the OK button. Finish the installation. Upon completion go through the Setup Assistant. When you get to the point of setting up the initial admin account be sure to use the same user/short name that you were using with your Leopard system.
Once the installation is complete you can restore your files from your backups.

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    nerowolfe wrote:
    fenderltd wrote:
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    Message was edited by: nerowolfe
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