Software Restore to use Classic in OS X 10.4?

Hi,
I had my computer upgraded from Panther to Tiger a couple of months ago and since doing that get a message saying I need to reinstall Classic before my kids can use any of their old games.
Reading throught the posts I think I have figured out what I need to do. I have a
Install Applications & Classic Support - this gives me an option to do a software restore that includes applications of Mac OS X and Classic support for Mac OS 9.
My question is - - will installing this solve my problem or erase anything else?
I'm nervous to hit that "intall" button without really understanding what I am doing.
Thanks!

Hi
Classic will only run when you tell it to (you can have it launch automatically when you boot up, if you use it a lot), and it runs invisibly in the background. So when you need to run an OS 9 application, it will run in Classic, and you will be able to run other OS X applications normally. Basically, Classic apps will not interfere with your normal OS X applications.
You control your Classic preferences through the Classic pane in System Preferences (which will appear once you've installed Classic from the installation disks).
Matt

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I restarted.
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I looked and saw that her address book was there with all her groups. (I should note that I already knew the mail would work because I checked by uploading the same files/folders onto my iBook with Classic's help).
But now I had an operational mail off of my iBook and back onto my mother's computer.
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