Installer and disk utility deleted please help

I'm using an eMac 10.3.9 700mhz .The installer, terminal, and disk utilities have somehow been deleted from the utilities folder and I'm don't know how to replace them. I no longer have panther CD-roms, and did not think to back them up. Any ideas how I could get them back?

the installer shouldn't be in a folder with disk utility, or not the main installer anyway. what you should do at this point is get the install disks for the current operating system and do an archive and install of the operating system. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120 make sure you run disk repair beforehand and that you fix any errors that come up. you may have to reinstall some third party applications. good luck and let me know how you're doing. Sherry

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Greetings.
I'm just learning this stuff, so your responses in basic terminology would be appreciated. (Instruct me as you would my grandson). I have two questions.
First, I bought a used dual 450 from a friend, and, as I do not have the disks or license for the OS, I decided to make it legal by purchasing, registering, and installing new Panther DVDs. As I have been running 10.3.9 and the new disks are labeled eMac 10.3.3, is there anything I should or should not do in the process of installing the new disks? Do I need to install 10.3.3 and then download the 10.3.9 update? Will I lose anything in the process? I assume the eMac disks will work OK on a G4 tower.
Second, After power failures (common where I live), when I re-start the computer, it won't progress beyond the spinning spoke thing (I don't know what it's called), so I have to shut the computer down, and, after one or two more attempts to start up, it seems to start up OK.
I was told that, after a situation like this, I should start up with the install disk and run Disk Utility to repair the start-up disk.
The problem is that when I attempted to do this with the new DVD (again, I have not installed the OS from the DVD yet), the computer started up fine, but Disk Utility ran for a minute or so, then gave me the following message: "Disk Utility has lost its connection with the Disk Management Tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch Disk Utility." This happened twice in succession. I quit Disk Utility (although it warned me that I could rended the disk inoperable). The disk seems OK, but I don't know what the problem is with DIsk Utility, or what to do.
Thanks for your help.
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The problem is that when I attempted to do this with
the new DVD (again, I have not installed the OS from
the DVD yet), the computer started up fine, but Disk
Utility ran for a minute or so, then gave me the
following message: "Disk Utility has lost its
connection with the Disk Management Tool and cannot
continue. Please quit and relaunch Disk Utility."
This happened twice in succession. I quit Disk
Utility (although it warned me that I could rended
the disk inoperable). The disk seems OK, but I don't
know what the problem is with DIsk Utility, or what
to do.
Hi Jerry:
Getting back to the problem you're having with Disk Utility, a number of people have encountered this following an update to iTunes. If I understand correctly, when you bought the G4 it came with Panther installed, which your friend had updated to 10.3.9.
In an earlier post, Kappy posted the most succinct work-around I have found for this error:
1. Navigate to the /Library/Receipts/ folder.
2. Locate the iTunes.pkg and iTunesX.pkg files and move them to the Desktop.
3. Run Disk Utility and repair permissions.
4. Move the .pkg files back into the /Library/Receipts/ folder.
Give it a try and let us know how it works. As for your installation DVD, I have to concur with the others who have posted: it's meant specifically for one model of the eMac. It may work on another mac, but odds are it'll be problematic.
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