Missing Templates & Missing Soundtrack Instruments...

On an iMac we recently did a full HD erase and clean install of Leopard. We just did a clean full install of FCS1 (5.1.4) ran all updates and it is working just fine. However in DVDSP and in Soundtrack Pro assets are missing and cannot be found...
All of the templates in DVDSP and all of the instruments and SFX in Soundtrack Pro are gone. We did a FULL install and used all of the discs the default install configuration, nothing out of the ordinary. I searched in the Machintosh HD>Library>Application Support>DVDSP folder for templates - EMPTY same for Soundtrack Pro. Is that the correct place to be looking? I tried searching in Spotlight for templates and can't find anything same with Soundtrack Pro.
I've searched around on the forums and tried others suggestions but still with no success. Any suggestions?

during installation one can elect to install or not install templates. (I choose not to install the PAL templates, for example) And if they're moved, say to a different drive, they can get lost. Reinstallation is not a big deal at all. And you may be able to install just the templates. I haven't done that in a while.

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back story is that every student has a macbook (yes i know.. amazing). thing is, most students give their macs to the IT department to get their machines 'set up' and the IT department collects their DVDs. i borrowed a bunch of those DVDs from the IT department and inserted the DVD when asked but its just not working..
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