Deleting firewre preference

Hi,
I had to reinstall OS 10.3.9 because my computer was acting up. I have a Canopus ADVC 100 connected via frewire. It is an analog video to digital video converter. Now I also have Toast 7.1.2. Whenever I have my Canopus box on and I start up Toast, Toast always quits. Roxio knows about this problem however there is no fix. They just say to turn of the Canopus which of course works. But before I reinstalled, I was able to have my Canopus box turned on and have Toast started. I think it was because I had Toast installed before I had my Canopus box. But when I reinstalled, I had the Canopus box connected via firewire and it was turned on so I think somehow, the OS has a preference that is conflicting with Toast. My question is if there is a firewire preference in the OS that I can delete that will allow me to keep My Canopus box on while having Toast open as well. I also have another computer running 10.4.9 with another Canopus box and Toast and everything works fine. This computer also had the OS and Toast installed before connecting the Canopus box.
Thanks.

olobay1:
Sorry deleting the .plist did not work.
You have probably already done this, but give it a shot again.
* Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility
* Launch Disk Utility
* Select your internal HDD (manufacturer ID) in sidebar
* Click Repair Disk Permissions.
* Do the same for the external.
Then
* Hit power button and select restart
* After chime hold down Shift until grey all appears (yes, you are starting up in Safe Mode)
* Log in and empty Trash.
* Restart and log in normally
* Test.
I understand your hesitation to re-install. If you haven't already done so, make a bootable clone of your entire computer on your Firewire drive using SuperDuper. Then if you need to re-install you have everything saved on the external.
Good luck.
cornelius

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