I Have Accidentally Put My System Folder In The Trash...

Hello,
One day i was cleaning up my harddrive when i think i may have accidentally dragged my system folder to the trash can. At which point i shut down the computer. Now i went to restart the computer and a panic screen pops up and i cannot load into my os. i already tried force loading the start up cd and that don't work. i heard there is a fix for this i can't find it though. is there a way to fix this? Im ok with losing my data I would actually prefer to lose it.
Help Much Appreciated,
Hunt The Mac!
(Ibook G4 (10.4.11) PPC)
Just To Let You Aware I Have Other Computers If That Helps

What other computers do you have? If you have another Mac with FireWire, you could try starting up in FireWire Target Disk Mode with the iBook G4 as the target disk. This will mount the iBook's hard drive on the other Mac and you should be able to access the iBook's hard disk from the other Mac and drag the System Folder out of the Trash and back to where it belongs.

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