I think my ibook is totally screwed.....

ok, so first off, I'm going to sound like an idiot. I manage bands, not computers..... I envy whoever can answer this. So I was in the "get info" section of my hard drive and dropped down the ownership and permissions window and I think I accidentally left it on "no access" then when I closed that window, everything went away except for the dock, nothing would open so I restarted the computer. I get to the log in screen no problem, type in my password..... and then it just sits with a blank bluue screen. Also, I don't have any of my original cd'ss that came with the computer, but i do have my imac g5 cd's if that would do anything?...... so I guess I'm screwed????
Anyway, If anybody can figure this out, I will send you cd's t-shirts. you can check out the band @ www.myspace..com/scientistvswerewolf

Did you have a backup of everything on your iBook before this happened, perhaps on your iMac G5? Or are there files on the iBook that are not currently on the iMac? Depending on the answer, that presents two possible solutions.
First, you can't use your CDs from the iMac on the iBook; they're not compatible, so if you don't can't find the CDs for your iBook. you will need to buy a retail version of OS X 10.3 or 10.4, whichever you need or prefer.
If you can find the CDs for your iBook, you can use it to run Disk Utility and Repair Permissions; this may fix the problem. If not, assuming you have a backup of what's on the iBook or at least nothing you can't easily replace, you can do an Archive & Install, preserving Uses and Network settings. This will move everything currently on the iBook to a Previous System folder, which won't be usable anymore. If the files you need are in one of its sub folders, you can copy them over to your new install and then delete the Previous System folder.
Can't find the iBook CDs? Then you should try connecting your iBook and iMac in Target Disk Mode, and see if you can use Disk Utility to repair permissions on the iBook. In this case, the iBook is the Target.
In the future, don't change anything unless you understand the consequences of doing it, and have a backup plan just in case.
Hope this helps,
Mulder
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