Manual Uninstall?

Hey guys

I feel like my eggs are being tossed here!!!

I tried some months back to install SMF but did it through my cpanel before knowing about bridging it with Joomla. So I created a new database and it ran something shweet. Then I found out about the bridge and tried installing it in Joomla, to no avail, later realising it needed to be installed using the same database - st$p$d! Scraped that idea and uninstalled it.

I have since installed "smf_1-1-rc3_install" on the correct db, works cool! Downloaded the latest bridge - JSMF_2_0_RC2_unzip1st - unzipped it and tried to upload. It gives me the following:

"Another component is already using directory: "/home/*****/public_html /components/com_smf/""

So I checked to see if it was still installed and can't spot it anywhere (components, modules, mambots). I deleted the folder "com_smf" from my server and dropped all smf_ tables in the database and tried again.

I had a look in the joomla config and index files to see if I could spot somethng there, but nothing....

I'm feeling really sqiff at the mo...
What am I missing? What should I do differently?

I can't seem to find anyting in the forums that relates to this so I imagine it was my doing but I would really appreciate any help! Heaven forbid I'll try phpBB.

How can I do a Manual uninstall so I can start fresh?

Thanks in adv.