Password reset from Install DVD does not work

PowerBook G4 17"
Mac OSX 10.4.10
After a system failure, I got the gray screen with the question mark. I restarted from an external drive, and, from "Disk Utility" I ran both "disk repair" and "permissions repair" to the internal drive. There were several errors, but all were repaired. When I restarted from the internal drive I was asked for a user id and a password. I entered them, but were refused. Then, I followed the steps indicated in "Mac OS X: Changing or resetting an account password" in this forum: I started from the install DVD, changed the password, and restarted, but the system refuses my user and password, (the window shakes and blanks out the password field). I have repeated all the steps several times, but the system keeps refusing my login. When I start from the external drive I can see all my documents, files, folders, image, etc, in the internal disk.
I will appreciate any sugestions in order to solve this problem. Thanks a lot.

Hi, glad to know that your LaCie HD is OK. now if you follow the instructions for Silverkeeper, you will find that it will give you an option to copy your LaCie HD clone to your Mac's internal drive. I don't have Silverkeeper, so any info. I give is from the link I gave to you earlier.
This part in particular ..
Drag the volume icon for the drive you have started from to the Source field of SilverKeeper.
Drag the volume icon for the drive your wish to clone to, to the Destination field.
"Save SilverKeeper settings.
Click Go, and wait until completion.
When Backup is complete, quit SilverKeeper.
Restart your Mac; don't press any keys; you should restart to your normal, original startup drive; if >there is a login prompt, login to account that has Admin privileges
Open System Preferences - select Startup Drive control preference.
Select the backup drive as the startup drive.
Restart your Mac; you should then startup just as if you had started up from the original, but it >should be your backup drive. You should not be prompted for any OS X registration.
Please review the release notes for SilverKeeper at the support website:
http://www.silverkeeper.com or http://www.lacie.com/silverkeeper which will reveal the most >current information."
When you have done this you will have an exact copy of your LaCie HD on your computer. Nothing else needs to be done after this - you just use your Mac!
Best wishes,
Robert.

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