Keychain Gone, Can't Repair, In Despair

I have a ministack HD (#3) that I stupidly changed the permissions to read & write, etc. under Show Info. Hours later the ministack was no longer showing up on Finder. So I rebooted and have this issue: NO keychain found, boots as if I just bought the system: I can't get Safari past the "Welcome to Apple" start page, the browser hangs.
I have run Disk Utility to "Repair Permissions" on the main HD. DU sees my 3rd HD but it still doesn't show up in Finder. I have run Disk Warrior to repair permissions on the boot drive and the problem remains. I can't even create a new Keychain to see if I can get to any of my files. I can see all my old files and apps under Finder but can't get anything to open due to Keychain issue.
Keychain Access issues:
Checking keychain configuration for Mark Richardson (user ID=501)
Home directory is /Users/markrichardson
Checked login keychain
*Error: login keychain not found*
*Unable to get infor for ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain, reason: Permission denied.*Then I tried REPAIR:
*Error: login keychain not found*
*Repair terminated unexpectantly*
I have tried opening BACKUP and clicking on the files - nothing!
I booted from the OSX disk and tried Safe mode with no results.
Thanks for any directions........
Mark Richardson

Still hoping for assistance out there............
I tried to reinstall OS X 10.4.0 from disk but I get "there was an error trying to install, try again" so still stuck in 10.3.9 that is screwed up.
Can't get System Pref, Safari and any iLife apps to open. Norton and other apps don't work either although they show up on my directory in Folder. I "tricked" Mail into opening new mail but no saved folders & mail to be found. iCal opens but not with my previous listings.
I did find my Backup files on HD 2 and have been trying to restore Personal Settings, System Settings & Documents for since last night. The status bar goes about 60%, Norton scans the folder and states I don't have access to the folder. If I click CLOSE, the Restore status bar resets and starts over. I am now leaving the scans alone (20 open dialog boxes referencing different files) and am now at 70% done.
I'm just shy of calling a pay per incident with Apple but will try calling the Apple store bar and hope an expert can help if I don't hear anything to this post by Monday.

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