System folder still here but preference system does not recognize it

Hi,
I have just installed Tiger on my eMac and now classic won't start. It first tells me that classic preferences cannot save or read the preferences and then, as a second message, that the "system folder" is not available and ask me to use another system folder to run classic.
I tried re-installing Mac Os 9 with the non-bootable software restore CD that came with the computer but the result is exactly the same.
I am losing it. Is there a solution or shall I say goodbye to classic once and for all and put it in the trash?
Thanks for your help
Ibook G3, Emac G4   Mac OS X (10.4.3)   iPod mini, iPod 4G, iPod Video

Hi, Mandianne. The second post by "Tatie" in this thread tells how s/he solved your problem.
Another, much simpler tip you may want to try first, before going to the trouble of an Archive and Install, is this: open the Classic pane of System Preferences and click the Start/Stop tab in that pane. If your OS 9 System Folder appears in the small box under "Select a System Folder for Classic", select it. Then click the "Start"button below it and see whether Classic now starts up properly. I don't know for certain, but it seems possible that when you installed Tiger, this important link between OS X and the System Folder that you want it to use for Classic may not have been carried over successfully from a prior OS X installation, or (if you had no OS X installed before Tiger) it needed to be made for the the first time before you tried to start Classic.

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