Preferences Reset On Startup

Personal File Sharing turns off on startup. Other sharing settings are kept, such as Printer Sharing and Remote Apple Events, but File Sharing turns off every time. Also the sound settings change back to Line In with the volume down every time the computer starts up. I haven't tested all of the System Preferences, but I imagine there's other problems. I've tried trashing all of the user prefs and caches to no effect. Have started in safe mode, run Disk Utility and Diskwarrior. I'm reluctant to reinstall the OS or switch users because I'm in the middle of a project.
Any ideas?

I removed the entire preferences folder from the user and restarted to no effect. I moved the folder to my Documents, but didn't trash them. Would that have made a difference?
I don't remember what Disk Utility said, will try it again tomorrow, and I haven't tried booting from the disc. I'll give them a test tomorrow and let you know.
Thanks,
Arthur

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