CS2 - Can't "Save" or "Save As"

Illustrator CS2 operating in 10.4.11 with 3.5gb of RAM. Opened a simple bar chart to make modifications BUT when I tried to save I received error messages.
- If I try to save as an Illustrator file: "An unknown error has occured."
- If I try to save as an EPS file: "Can't save the illustration, there isn't enough memory. ID=108"
Restarted and tried again, same exact thing. Restarted again from system 10.4 disc, ran repair permissions 3 times, verified disc. Launched Illustrator and exact same thing. Created a new document and drew a key lined box, tried to save and the same error messages.
InDesign, Photoshop and Safari work no problem.
Any thoughts on what might be causing this problem and how to solve??

Have not tried the Settings folder.
I did delete the program and the its preferences and re-installed Illustrator CS2 from the original discs. Restarted the computer and launched the program only to have the exact same error messages!! I would assume that the re-install and subsequent launching of the new CS2 would have created its own preferences, settings, etc BUT receiving the exact same error messages leads me to believe that the newly installed program is utilizing some files from the deleted Illustrator.
I was reluctant to delete any file that contained "Illustrator" as I have read that the CS2 Suite share some files. Could not find in depth documentation as to specific files to delete.

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