Macbook is ******... please help

I have had my macbook for almost 2 years now and never had a problem.
Until recently
A few days ago, Firefox3 started crashing consistently... now its gotten to the point where my computer runs at the speed of a handicapped turtle, and no applications can open and fully work without crashing.
I have nothing i need to save on my computer and i wanted to do a full restore/erase of my hard drive but the only thing is I don't know where the **** my **** install discs are. I've tried deleting stuff left and right, including over 40 gigs of hard drive space and still the problem persists.
Anyone have any advice on what i should do ?

Hello Stinkyfire, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Without an Install Disc, At this point I think you should get Applejack...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
After installing, Reboot holding down CMD+s, (+s), then when the DOS like prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 5 of it's things.
The 5 things it does are...
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
At least if it doesn't fix it, it'll eliminate a few questions.
Besides, once you really, really need it... you can't install it!

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