OSX 10.6 Will Not Startup - Help Please!

OK. I am running Snow Leopard (latest version) which was all working wonderfully until I installed a T-mobile dongle. Since restarting the system after installing the dongle the OS will not start. It gets to the screen where the Apple logo appears and the spinning cog but remains in that state permanant.
So far I have tried the following:
Reset RAM
Tried to start in safe mode
Started with install disc and used diskutility to check disk. All was fine
Fixed permissions
Now I know this problem is something to with the software the T-mobile dongle has installed. Is there any way of removing without loading the OS via termianl or something (I would need detailed instructions).
Or is there anything else I can try failing archive and reinstall which is my very last resort.
Thanks everybody.
Stefan

Hi Stefan2908;
You might be able to remove the T-Mobile crap if you have access to another Mac and boot your Mac in Target Disk Mode with the two Mac connected via Firewire. That should give you access to the disk in your Mac from the other Mac.
Allan

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