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<blockquote data-quote="6string" data-source="post: 1123721" data-attributes="member: 120039"><p>If you can boot and access files, then I would save it all to an external, and then reinstall.</p><p>Repairing permissions is unlikely to fix the problem, but can't hurt.</p><p>If you are able to boot from the Panther disc, I see no reason why you can't boot from the Tiger disc unless it's for a different machine or damaged.</p><p>Either way, the amount of time you can spend troubleshooting is up to you.</p><p>I feel that it is so much faster and stress free in situations like yours to just simply backup your documents, movies, music, and photos to an external HD, and then just erase and reinstall the OS and the 3rd party applications.</p><p>All that's left to do then is sit back and enjoy the machine up and running properly again, and to leave those system folders and files well alone. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="6string, post: 1123721, member: 120039"] If you can boot and access files, then I would save it all to an external, and then reinstall. Repairing permissions is unlikely to fix the problem, but can't hurt. If you are able to boot from the Panther disc, I see no reason why you can't boot from the Tiger disc unless it's for a different machine or damaged. Either way, the amount of time you can spend troubleshooting is up to you. I feel that it is so much faster and stress free in situations like yours to just simply backup your documents, movies, music, and photos to an external HD, and then just erase and reinstall the OS and the 3rd party applications. All that's left to do then is sit back and enjoy the machine up and running properly again, and to leave those system folders and files well alone. :) [/QUOTE]
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