Dissapearing Applications with Question Mark?

The Mail application dissapeared and a question mark covered the icon in the dock. Searched the hard drive for the application, no luck. This happened once before with the calculator program, never found an answer or a way to recover. I now use the widget calculator instead. I purchased the computer in 12/05 and still have trouble deciphering how OSX manages files, etc. I miss OS9.
I also tried to reinstall Mail after reinstalling the OSX apps, receive an error message "There were errors installing the program" Please try installing again.
That's helpful.
I finally found the Mail program and tried to open it, the Terminal window shows the following:
Last login: Fri Jul 14 20:09:55 on ttyp1
Welcome to Darwin!
scott-wilsons-imac-g5:~ scottwilson14$ /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail; exit
2006-07-14 20:10:10.742 Mail[1935] Unable to load nib file: MailViewer, exiting
logout
[Process completed]
Any help is appreciated.
Incompetent on OSX.
g5 isight Mac OS X (10.4.7) Machine Model:PowerMac12,1

Maybe that explains the other, less disruptive anomalies I have encountered. The HELP program in osx sometimes fails to provide any information when requested, the HP Photo printer is recognized, but never accesses the images on the camera (the printer is a dock also), and there are times when my main printer settings (another printer attached via airport base station) fail and must be reset with some difficulty.
I ordered a new external hard drive to backup my internal, then I'll reinstall osx from the cd's and see what happens next. I really hope something IS wrong with the internal HD as I am a long time Mac user and I'd hate to think this is where Apple has led me. The OSX has some advantages, although I switched to Apple for ease of use and to avoid spending hours learning all the IT programming and hardware maintenance that comes with PC. I expect my Mac to be sturdy and intuitive. That's why I was willing to pay twice the cost of a PC for my Mac.
I can't thank you enough for your advice. Apple only offers 90 days tech support and I'm just too busy to call them for anything other than a major glitch.
Thanks Again,
Scott
g5 isight Mac OS X (10.4.7) Machine Model:PowerMac12,1

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