"Safari can't connect to the server" message at some, but not all, websites

I can't connect to my homepage (and other sites) since a defrag operation was interrupted, after which I did an archive and install. I can't find a problem in Network Settings. No difference when using Firefox 2.0.0.4. Please help.
Thanks!
PowerMac G5 1.8 GHz Dual Mac OS X (10.4.10) 1.5 G RAM, DSL, 500 GB and 300 GB Internal Disks

I apologize for the delay. I took my macbook to the genius bar, and they fixed the issue by deleting some files from the old OS (though I unfortunately don't know how they did this as a manager in the back room took care of it). I still couldn't visit sites using Java as they said Java had somehow installed incorrectly and I would need to reinstall the OS once again to fix this. I continued to use my machine without trying to fix the Java issue for a few weeks. However, without reinstalling the OS, the exact problem has started again. Yesterday I reinstalled OSX 10.6.3 in order to fix the Java issue, hoping it would fix everything, but Java still isn't working, and I still can't visit certain web sites.
I have added those two DNS servers, but that did not solve the issue.
Any advice on how to 1) fix Java and 2) delete the old OS files? I have run all software updates with no luck.

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