OS9.2 will not boot or reinstall from CD - help!!

Hi, I posted a similar thread on the other forum but it is probably better here.
Set-up - G4 400 10gb + 250gb HD OS9.2 on mac and 10.3 on separate hard disk.
I installed MS Office onto HD under 10.3 - everything OK
Tried to restart in OS9.2 and everything looks OK until the end of loading when I get the spinning clock. Tried to boot from CD but same thing happens. Tried to boot from copy of System folder on separate HD and the same thing happens. I can boot in OSX fine but I still need to run 9 (for the time being anyway). I have tried with extensions off, with everything disconnected except KB and screen and nothing works. I get the feeling it may be a hardware issue but why would it happen after a software install - or is this coincidence? Any help would be gratefully received. Thanks, Ant

Hi Robbie, thanks for the response.
I had tried Zapping the PRAM before but I did it again (5 chimes) and there is a slight improvement in that the clock still started spinning after the finder appeared but I did actually get a dialogue box up when I force quit (it had been an empty box before) When I clicked force quit I got another message saying the finder had unexpectedly quit and I should restart. I didn't and OS 9 is running/limping.
I know it is strange that a install on one disk can affect another - maybe just unlucky! But up until Friday when I installed Office everything was fine.
Extensions off didn't make any difference.
Booting from the other HD in OSX seems fine although I can't use my scanner as the SCSI connection doesn't seem to like OSX/Classic
Rebuilding desktop has no effect either.
When I restart from OSX using the OS9 disk as a start-up disk, I get the "Mac not shut down properly etc" box and Disk First Aid checks the disk and says all OK.
Could the battery inside the Mac be to blame - I do notice that if the power is pulled at the wall then the clock resets - this has happened for quite a while with no obvious effect but I will change battery anyway just in case.
If it is Disk file structure what are the options?
Thanks very much for taking the time to help.
Ant

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