Today's software update causes failure of 2 applications

Hello ~
I did an apple automatic software update today to my 10.3.9 system, and now Final Cut Pro 3 will not boot, and Itunes will not launch either. I dearly wish I could press a magic button and make it all revert to previous versions.
Is quicktime 7.2 at the root of these problems and if so, is there any way to dig it out and install a previous version? I have tried the 6.5.2 reinstall download and it wouldn't let me saying that "the disk (Mac HD) is dimmed because it does not contain an appropriate version of quicktime".
I fear the only answer is to set up a new boot drive and start all over again with 10.3.9. Then i get to reinstall protools, mtools, fcp, dvd-sp, photoshop, toast, fetch, cherry picker, all the plug ins and authorizations and passcodes blah blah blah.
Any elegant solutions to this problem are welcomed.
thanks
c-post

I'm not sure I understand what installing 9.2.1 has to do with the original problem...
You should see at least the boot disk (the one your are starting up from). You may not see the other drive if you did not install Mac OS 9 drivers on it when you reformatted for Mac OS X.
For your original problem, the next thing I would try it to delete the preferences files for those apps. For iTunes, it's
<your user folder>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist
I don't know the file name for Final Cut Pro, but it would be in the same folder with a descriptive name.

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