.mac killed my powerbook

heres the deal, i got .mac recently, worst money i have ever spent. i tired to put a file on my idisk today, as usual, a 40mb file hung, for hours and did not transfer. came back computer needed a restart from apple updates. idisk wouldnt cancel the upload. i relaunched finder, tried to restart that was hung too, did a manual shut down, that powered off my powerbook and external hd.
no everytime i turn the computer back on the stupid thing wants me to run the os x set up assistant. i just experianced a big data loss with the crash of an external hd. if i have to deal with a computer crash now im throw this computer in the garbage (5 years old) and ordering a new box and switching to linux.
i need some help or suggestions. i run a few business of that computer, i need a solution fast..

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