Lost iMovie & iDVD on OSX 10.4 upgrade

I upgraded from OSX10.1.5 to OSX10.4 (erase & install). I have reinstalled iPhoto as it came on a disc with my Mac, as did Appleworks6 (on Applications disc), and iTunes as it is available from Apple as a download. But iMovie and iDVD are buried somewhere on one of the six Software Restore discs that originally came with my Mac.
How can I restore my copies of iMovie & iDVD?

I recently upgraded from OSX10.1. to OSX10.4 (erase & install) as related by Ken Grace and have a similar experience that I no longer have i-movie 2. I thought I had saved it but it seems I only saved the alias. Apple personnel recommended I reinstall original OS9 disc which I did but no result. I read the solution proposed to download 'Pacifist ' but cannot understand how I cannot reinstall i-movie* if I have the original discs ? ie how did I get it when I first started..Unlike Ken I have only three restore discs which came with my MAC.. I am prepared to do a complete reinstall of everything if it would help.
* I need I Movie 2 for earlier projects which will not run properly on I-Movie 3 which came with Panther or on I-Movie 5 which I purchased with I-Life.

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froglips,
Sorry to read of your frustrations both here and in other posts.
Though it doesn't help you to hear it, I can say that I am happily using iMovie and iDVD. Both working "as advertised". I say this simply as a way of offering you hope and to tell you you've come to the right place.
You raise a number of issues in your post and, frankly, it's a bit hard to follow.
It might be easier for myself and others to help you if you post one question at a time.
One last thing, these are user to user discussions for technical issues. Apple will not respond here to questions directed at them.
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(your User Interface is for sure english!)
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e) using Disk Utility, make sure, you use a PC-compatible disk format....
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Very interesting, Lennart. At first blush, it looks we're getting different results.
Yesterday I checked the processor activity by watching the bars in the "Show CPU Usage" window in Activity Monitor. While rendering a special effect, both processor bars filled almost to the top, which I assumed meant iMovie was using both processors to near capacity.
Today, when I look at the CPU activity reported in the Activity Monitor window, it jumps to 180%, while yours doesn't exceed 100%. Then later, checking it again on another special effect, mine won't exceed 100%.
The difference here seems to be which special effect is working. Some use both processors, apparently, while others don't. "Edge Work" uses both, which I happened to test.
I've tested only a few built-in iMovie functions, but I can't force iMovie itself to move over 100% running its own code. Simultaneously importing a clip and rendering with the KBE, for example, doesn't go over 100%.
So apparently I happened to pick a special effect that used both processors, while iMovie itself does not use both. Both bars move in iMovie, on the other hand, so both processors appear to be working for iMovie. But as one bar goes up the other goes down, and their combined usage never exceeds 100%.
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