Kernel Panic Upon Startup

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denise21

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I am a new user of the macintosh computer. I am having a problem with the kernel panic at startup. I wanted to change the administrative password on OS X, but instead I made a mistake and ran the installer. Towards the end of the installation program, the message "could not delete folder" came up. I quit the installer and tried to restart the computer but instead got the kernel panic during startup. My question is how can I get the system back running? I've never used OS X, so I don't have any files on that system. Should I delete that system and reinstall it? If so, how, and will deleting OS X affect OS 9 because my OS 9.2 has very important files and programs on it, so this info is very crucial. I would really appreciate the help because this is very frustrating.
Thanks.

P.S. If this info is useful, then the type of computer that I am using an iMac G3 computer and I have both Mac OS 9.2 and Mac OS X 10.0.4 installed it.
 
Are you able to boot up in OS 9? If so, then while booted up in 9, you can simply delete the System (but not "System Folder"), Library, Applications (again, not Applications (Mac OS 9)), and Users folders, and then reinstall OS X.
 
It seems the incomplete installation process is causing trouble within the system structure of Mac OS X. A kernel panic indicates that the system is heavily "confused" about something and "panics". ;-)

Another thing you may want to try is boot from the Jaguar Install Disk and go to "Disk Utility" before the new installation begins. Then choose "First Aid" and "Repair Privileges" and/or "Repair disk". This will most likely repair your system and will make sure you will not lose any data.

If that doesn't help, re-install Mac OS X using the "Install & Archive" option. Make sure to have "Keep users and network preferences". enabled. That way, your personal files will also remain in place.

Good luck!
 
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