A.Use base media to restore system to AIX 5.1.
B.Use an alt_disk_install and boot back to the AIX 5.1 rootvg.
C.Make a mksysb of the original AIX to restore back to the AIX 5.1 level.
D.Perform the AIX 5.2 upgrade using update_all with the commit option and reject filesets to return to AIX 5.1.