Finder: No keyboard/No restart option

9.2.2 cloned from G4 on to external HD (in one of three partitions).
I have been booting from the external HD with no problems for some time. Tried today and found that keyboard was inoperative in Finder (not sure about extent, certainly couldn't use Command-A -N -W etc) but OK in applications. Special menu did not have Restart option.
Disk First Aid says OK. Zapped PRAM. No difference.
All appears normal when booted from Mac HD and other externals.
Obvious answer is to reclone and see what happens but before doing that I thought I'd ask if anyone had any other suggestions.
G4 733 512 MB   Mac OS 9.2.x  

Michael Wasley...
I had Finder revert to Simple Finder on a few occasions just for it to come back a bit later after changing it. If that happens, as it did to me, I would then ditch the Finder Preferences. The path is - [your HD] / System Folder / Preferences / Finder Preferences.
...Ron

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