How do I recover my System Preferences?

My System Preferences is missing off of my MacBook along with Time Machine and other essential applications.  I run Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.5.8 but I do not own the installation DVDs.  I have repaired the disk permissions to no avail.  I cannot even change the Date/Time or change my Energy Saver Preferences.  For example, when I attempt to open the Energy Saver Preferences my Finder takes me to "MacintoshHD/System/Library/PreferencePanes/EnergySaver.prefPane/Contents...within the Contents folder there is 'version.plist', 'Info.plist', 'CodeResources' and three folders, "_CodeSignature", "MacOS", and "Resources".  Now, the only file I've clicked is "MacOS" which opens to "EnergySaver".  When I click on that file, the Terminal program opens, which concludes with "-bash: /System/Library/PreferencePanes/EnergySaver.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/EnergySaver : cannot execute binary file
logout"  My System Preferences is nowhere to be found on the computer.  I've clicked System Preferences under the Apple drop-down menu in the upper-left corner and NOTHING happens...no color wheel, no computer humming, nothing.  Can anyone help?
A quick run-down:
-System Preferences non-existant
-DO NOT own installation DVD
-Already repaired disk permissions to no avail

1. Snow Leopard is 10.6 not 10.5. Why do you not own the installations disks? Where did you get the OS to install from? If you are missing applications you need the disks to reinstall them.

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