Mac mini sudden death after access privilege issue.

Good Afternoon,
I have a Mac mini running OSX 10.5.8.
Today, I noticed that I couldn't access the Macintosh HD drive on the desktop as I did not have sufficient privileges. When I got-info on the drive, in sharing and permissions, I saw that "admin" suddenly had write-only privileges.
I could not 'unlock' the padlock to change the settings, it wouldn't react or ask for a password or anything. (I am the admin on the mini).
So I thought maybe it's just a restart needed; we run it for quite long times without a shut down.
Now it won't get past the gray Apple with spinner boot screen.
I've tried removing it from the mains to check if maybe the RAM would 'reset' or anything, but that hasn't helped.
Then, I got my OSX installation DVD to attempt booting into the repair function but, as I have the bluetooth keyboard, it won't register the keyboard at the early stage in the boot process - I cannot hold down C or other keys to boot into anywhere.
Having researched a bit, I came across others who also met this combination of issues, but none involving Macintosh HD itself and still being able to get to the gray Apple screen.
Any ideas on how to take it from here?

Then, I got my OSX installation DVD to attempt booting into the repair function but, as I have the bluetooth keyboard, it won't register the keyboard at the early stage in the boot process - I cannot hold down C or other keys to boot into anywhere.
Hi- Stupid question, but did you actually try it? It should work, as the bluetooth drivers are one of the first things loaded before the apple logo even appears.
Power off, power on, hold down the C key (or the option key), and you should be accessing the install dvd with no problems.
Failing that, perhaps you can borrow a USB keyboard from the office or from a friend, and then do it from there.

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