Can you help me recover my mac?

I accidently deleted extras.rsrc from my mac, and it now boots only to a darwin command line! Is there anything i can do besides reinstall? (I do have a backup of the missing file, if it helps)

Well, you could use Single User mode to replace the file, but it's use can be difficult as well as dangerous.
It may be time for a relatively painless Archive & Install, which gives you a new/old OS, but can preserve all your files, pics, music, settings, etc., as long as you have plenty of free disk space and no Disk corruption, and is relatively quick & painless...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
Just be sure to select Preserve Users & Settings.

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