Mac OS X Tiger won't boot, results to OS 9.

My PowerMac G4 currently holds two startup disks, OS 9, and OS X 10.4.11
However, after a recent update for iTunes and security, my machine got shut off manually and the next time I booted my mac is went directly to os 9. I tried restarting and holding down option to show available boot disks, and only os 9 showed up. However, now Os 9 struggles to boot with extensions on. But evennin os 9 it shows my os x disk and it is fully functionable. ( as in file browsing) can anyone tell me what is happening or what I can do?
Message was edited by: NickG9090

By abnormally shutting down the OS X partition has most likely gotten scrambled. You will have to reformat that volume and reinstall OS X.
Since OS 9 is working you may still be able to copy your personal files to an external drive so they won't be lost.

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