Reinstalling 9.1 from disk

I need some hand holding here since I don't want to mess anything up. I uninstalled 9.1 6 months ago after not using it for years...(ibook g3 bought in 2002) and now I have to use some software that only runs on 9.1
I want to make sure I don't lose anything or mess any apps up etc. in os 10.3.9. I still have the Classic folder icon in my system preference. I tried to boot up from my original disk 9.1 holding down the C key as instructed but after awhile it bombed and said to turn off extensions by holding down shift key. SO do I restart holding the shift and C key at the same time. Probably a dumb question but hey this old mac works so well, no problems so I never have to do anything so this isn't something I have done before and realized a long time ago...a little knowledge can be dangerous...:-) Thanks so much

Hi, Cathleen -
The disk is white with the big gold 9.
That would identify it as a retail OS 9.1 Install CD, rather than being an original disk that shipped with a machine.
A 500MHz iBook is either an iBook (Dual USB) or an iBook (Late 2001) model. According to Apple KBase Article #HT1835, those models originally shipped with OS 9.1.
However, both models are flagged in that article with note (3) which indicates that a retail OS 9.1 Install CD will not work, and that only the original disk for that OS 9 version will work. This is not unusual - many models were shipped after the release of OS 9.1 but before the release of OS 9.2.1, and have a requirement for OS software that can not be met by a retail disk of the same nominal OS 9 version.
The primary solution would be to use the original Software Install CD for OS 9.1 which came with the machine (do not use the Software Restore CD which came with it). Boot to the CD, then do a Clean Install of OS 9.1 (doing this will not remove anything presently on the hard drive; specifically, it will not affect OSX ).
An alternate solution would be to be to get a retail OS 9.2.1 Install CD - any 500MHz iBook model should be able to use that one. Boot to that CD, then do a Clean Install of OS 9.2.1.
Although there are a few commercial sites, such as Hardcore Mac, which offer the retail OS 9.2.1 Install CD, you can get it for much less direct from Apple. That CD is not shown in the Apple Store listings, but can be obtained via a purchase by telephone from Apple's Customer Support -
http://www.apple.com/support/contact/phone_contacts.html

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