Parallel Installation to another partition with Os X snow leopard

Hi, My Wife Just got a Mac Book Pro 15 Inch used off of Ebay. I have a few questions. The issue we are having is that after setting up her user account settings and trying to get ride of the old user account we have a screen with a folder and question mark which i assume that it can't find system files or can't fine boot sector on the drive. We tried repairing the partitions using the os disk but does not work. We also originally go locked out by open firmware and had to reset ram to fix. The Os Partition contains data we want to save. I was wanting to know if its possible to do a paralell install of the os onto another partition on the same drive without wiping the entire drive so we can access content of the old osx partition to backup or mirror the drive to save data. Also is there a way to reinstate warranty and transfere ownership of a used system. everythng is ok with it just that we will have to do a reinstall of the os Thanks
Message was edited by: XeroTheHero

we have a screen with a folder and question mark which i assume that it can't find system files
Correct. No bootable system was found.
We tried repairing the partitions using the os disk but does not work.
You mean you tried to [repair the hard drive with Disk Utility|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417], as described at that link? If so, how exactly did it not work? Were there unrepairable errors? Or was repair successful but the problem still exists?
The Os Partition contains data we want to save.
If this is a used machine and you haven't wiped the hard drive and reinstalled from scratch, you're playing with fire. Sounds like you've got a machine that's not in good working order, plus, for all you know, the original owner has installed some kind of key logger or other malware to steal your personal information without your knowledge. Not to mention that, if you're trying to keep applications that are installed on the computer but that you don't have disks for, you're breaking the law... that's software piracy.
OTOH, if the only data you're concerned about is your data, then you absolutely MUST have a backup, preferably more than one. If you don't, anything you do could result in tragedy, especially on a machine experiencing problems. You can create a backup even if the system isn't working by booting from the Mac OS X install disk, switching to Disk Utility and using the Restore tab. You'll need an external hard drive to copy to.
Also is there a way to reinstate warranty and transfere ownership of a used system.
No, if the warranty is expired, it's expired.

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