Disk Copy helper?

I tried looking around in the forums but only found one posting on my topic.
Does anyone, have any clue why I get the message; Disk Copy helper unexpectedly quit. Any clues where to begin to fix it? I've tried re-installing the Mac OS X system that came with the darn thing and that did nothing.
Ever since I down loaded iTunes update this computer has gone down hill. I personally believe they do this on purpose!
Please any leads or help is greatly apprecciated.
eMac Mac OS X (10.2.x)

Just try a search for "Disk Copy helper unexpectedly quit" and work your way around the links you get. A few I found include...
http://www.macosx.com/content/faq.php/q2528/Disc-Copy-Helper.html
But this one directly from Apple talks about your problem...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25818
Patrick

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