What does -sh-3.2 mean? and why cant I get into :/ root

HELP what does -sh-3.2 mean and how do I get back to the root dir ???

sh-3.2$  is a /bin/sh bourne shell prompt.
So are you talking about a Terminal session, or are you in single user mode?
What account are you logged in as?
What do you expect to see?  Something like:  computername:~ username$
I think you have a command prompt, so getting to the root directory would be as simple as
    cd /
and
    pwd
will tell you what directory you are currently in.
But Frank Caggiano is correct, you really do need to give a better description of what you are seeing, where you are seeing it, what you expect, and what it is you are trying to actually do.

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