CD Startup to work on hard drive

Thanks to some anti-theft software incorrectly installed in the MacBook, it won't get past the gray screen at startup (called a boot loop?)
I'd like to start it up from a CD so that I can mount the hard drive on the desktop and get into the files. The Install disc that came with the computer only lets you reinstall the system software or run disk utilities, though. Is there any way to start up the computer from that CD so that the hard drive can be mounted?
Thanks,

OK, there are a couple of things that are perhaps related to this - but at the outset you have mentioned a drive issue and Disk Warrior repairing a directory issue, and I can't help but wonder if that's part of the problem, particularly if disk warrior isn't the right version for the version of MacOS you're using. Bizarre errors can be the result of using incompatible versions of such utilities.
Since your system is actually booting and allowing you to run software from the dock and access data that way, the problem seems related directly to the Finder, suggesting that otherwise your system is OK. My guess would be that the Finder is damaged or it is unable to locate it's library files, or that the hard drive directory is damaged so the system can't locate the resources necessary to launch the Finder when the system has booted.
If you have the original install disk that came with the mini, insert that into the drive and reboot, holding down the C key in order to force the system to boot off the optical drive. Once you've done that, run the disk utility software from there and 'repair disk' with the internal drive selected. If the repair goes well and reports nothing, then I think to save further effort I would perform an Archive and Install to get a new copy of MacOS onto your system without disturbing your existing data. Do NOT perform an Erase and Install because that would wipe all your data! An Erase and Install would be necessary if Disk Utility finds errors it can't repair, in which case an Archive and Install would likely fail and risk your data anyway.

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