How can i restore my itunes library back to it's original location and restore the settings so that all my tunes play all the way through, I am on leopard

HI.. I tried to share my itunes library with all the account holders in my house - basially to make an account for each iphone, and some how i messed it up and moved the whole library into the home folder?? it didnt work and i lost my entire library, but by messing about i have managed to create a second identical library.. but it now only plays some tracks all the way thriugh and others it stops near the end.. this has also moved onto my iphone 4s and also my iphone 3gs... can someone help me restore it back to the original settings???. I have a mac running leopard

What model Mini?
How to identify Mac mini models
If you have another Mac there are ways to use the other Mac to regain use of the "new" Mac.
Try booting to recovery and see if you can reinstall the OS:
OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
Doing so depends upon the OS that was on the Mac before and what was done.
Otherwise you will need to boot from install disks.
You can call Apple 1-800-MY-APPLE
If you have a Mac with an Intel processor you can order Snow Leopard install disk here
and boot from it and format the disk and instll Snow Leopard.

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