Factory Display Profile Trashed By Accident

I please need your help. Today I thought I'd re-calibrate my display, did a little housekeeping and I accidentally trashed the iMac G5 factory icc profile. Now when I go to calibrate the display I get: The factory profile for the display could not be found. The display has gone from gorgeous to all washed-out.
Does anyone know where to find this specific profile on the iMac G5 install disc or do I find it on the Tiger install disc? I have a great 3rd party program called Pacifist which allows one to extract files from the install discs without doing an archive and install; I just can't seem to find it. One more thing, I also need to know where to put this file back into the system, that's if it can be found and extracted. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
All photography editing has unfortunately been suspended for now. I need that profile...
Barb

FWIW, I had to do an Archive and Install from the Tiger disc. Couldn't find the specific iMac profile anywhere using the 3rd party Pacifist application, although that app is excellent for extracting other files. It must have been buried somewhere deep within the system.
So....the lesson learned is to be extremely careful when cleaning out your old display profiles or the calibrator for the display will no longer function. By all means, keep the iMac profile. I thought it was a profile I created, now I know it wasn't.
It's nice to have things back to normal!
Barb

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