Help Please

[NoAppleStakePlz]

I accidently put my System preferences in the trash then emptied it. I am trying to reinstall the Powerbook Software but my disk drive has decided to stop working, it won't come out! My son messed with the computer and also deleted things so Word doesn't work, Imovie doesn't work, and the DVD player doesn't work, these might not be on the Powerbook G4 disk thingy but i just want the system preferences back. Please help! If you even post on this I will thank you!

 

[symphonix]

When I find things have gone this badly wrong, I usually do an "archive and install". What this basically means is that you'll reinstall the system, but have all your old stuff - documents, settings and so on - stored in a folder where you can retrieve it and restore it.

Read over this, boil up a pot of coffee, and set to work. It'll take a couple of hours.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120