HHHEELLLPPP!!! My Powerbook is falling apart!

Hi - Please help. I was online today and my mac hung for about 10 minutes and ever since, I can't open iTunes, software update, iMovie, all of my widgets have disappeared from my dashboard and I can't install anything. What's going on?
I'm starting a new job next tuesday and I'm nothing without my Mac.
Many thanks in advance,
Max

Try using Disk Utility to repair your startup disk (hard drive) as shown in this link, while booted up on your install disk.
You could have some directory corruption. Let us know what errors Disk Utility reports and if DU was able to repair them.
Cheers!
DALE

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