I need to remove osx from my ibook as it doesnt function properly since I put it on. I am hoping not to have to reformat the hard drive as there is too much stuff to save.

If you've installed Mac OS X over Mac OS 9.1 on a drive and want to remove the Mac OS X items from the drive: - reboot into Mac OS 9.1 - paste this script into a new Applescript window in the script editor and save it as a classic applet. quit script editor. - run this script All Mac OS X items will be placed in the trash. BEFORE YOU EMPTY THE TRASH, MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ITEMS YOU WANT TO KEEP! property root_items : {"bin", "dev", "Network", "private", ¬ "sbin", "usr", "Volumes", ".DS_Store", ".hidden", "cores", ¬ "etc", "tmp", "var", "Applications", "Developer", ¬ "Library", "mach", "mach.sym", "mach_kernel", "System", ¬ ".Trashes", "Users", ".vol"} property systemfolder_items : {"Classic", "Classic Support", ¬ "Classic Support UI", "ProxyApp"} tell application "Finder" activate try set this_version to the version as string if this_version does not start with "9" or ¬ this_version is not greater than or equal to "9.1" then ¬ error "This script requires a Mac OS 9.x system greater than 9.0.4." display dialog "This script will move Mac OS X items from the startup disk to the trash." with icon 2 display dialog "Should this script delete the Users folder?" buttons {"Cancel", "Yes", "No"} default button 3 set the users_flag to the button returned of the result repeat with i from 1 to the count of the root_items set this_item to item i of the root_items if this_item is not "Users" or ¬ the users_flag is "Yes" then if exists (item this_item of the startup disk) then delete item this_item of the startup disk end if end if end repeat repeat with i from 1 to the count of the systemfolder_items set this_item to item i of the systemfolder_items if exists (item this_item of the system folder) then delete item this_item of the system folder end if end repeat beep display dialog "The Mac OS X items have been placed in the Trash." on error error_message number error_number if the error_number is not -128 then beep display dialog error_message buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1 end if end try end tell

No longer worth my time.