OS X Mavericks install failed, now can't remove it.

I installed OS X Mavericks today.The egg timer keeps going round it wont accept the password, I want to get rid of it and keep Lion. (as I read on here that Mavericks is full of problems) How do I remove from my applications as a half installed item? Without it accepting my password?

Clarebear72 wrote:
I want to get rid of it and keep Lion. (as I read on here that Mavericks is full of problems)
Have you not read the Lion Forums and seen how terrible that is? And Mountain Lion? Both almost unusable according to most of the posts. But as Kappy said, just reinstall the backup you made. I prefer to Troubleshoot. Work out why yours is one of the few Mavericks Installs with problems.
Pete

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