OS X 10.4.6 seems to go back a day after reboot or shutdown

Hello my macbook is acting very weird. If i restart it seems like it didn't shutdown correctly and everything i have done is lost. EX i receve emails i have allreaddy gotten + files i create are gone... also i tried to update my os to 10.4.7 but when it rebooted it haden't updated and the same updates were avalible. Also the os seems to crash after being in sleep for more than an hour. if anyone can help i would greatly appricate it. thanks
--kknupp

Have you tried repairing permissions?
That can fix a lot of weird problems.
Go to:
Hard Drive> Applications --> Utilities
And run Disk Utility.
Choose your hard drive on the left, and click the button at the bottom that says "Repair Permissions".
Then, see what happens.
If that doesn't work, then I would just perform a fresh install on a system with those types of symptoms.
You could try an archive and Install which should hold your data in-place.
But, quite honestly, with a system like this, you are far better backing-up your important files to an external drive (like DVD-R or an external hard drive).
I would install from scratch.
You could then install the latest Combo updater for your system. In this case 10.4.7.
I'm sure there are lots of other things you could try. But, with symptoms like these I would personally just backup my data and perform a clean install.
If you perform a clean install, then you could be sure all the bugs are gone.
If your data is backed-up (and you have verified that the data is definitely on your backup disks), then boot the computer from the original restore DVD's.
Then, in the Installer choose the "custom" button and choose "Erase and Install".
Then, re-install, and get the latest "Combo" update installed on your fresh installation.
This would be your definite fix.
Now, if you are not ready for such drastic measures, then you can continue trouble-shooting. But, I personally wouldn't take a chance on this kind of bug remaining.
Hope this helps.

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