Where can I get a hold of the install disks?

I recently bought a Powerbook G4 from someone on Craig's list. It is just supposed to get me through school until I can afford to buy a better mac. Well she did not know the Admin password and everyone that I have asked for advise says that I need the start up disks that come with the computer when you first buy it. Does anyone know where I can buy a set? It there a special place to look on the apple store web page? Is there a way to change the admin password without the disks if finding a set is impossible?

Just a comment, but the fact that she/he doesn't know the admin password could be a signal that the PowerBook is "hot." You might want to check the serial no. of the machine against this resource:
http://www.powermax.com/stolen
On how to bypass the administrative password, you'll have to have either the original installation discs, or a version of Mac OS X equal to or after the version that was installed on your PowerBook in the first place. See these postings of mine in different threads:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5547383 (posts #'s 2 & 4)
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5063490 (post #10)
To get the administrative password reset, you can use the Reset Password utility when started up from a Mac OS X disc. The best thing to do is that, and the erase and reformat your hard drive, and reinstall software and apps so it's a clean system with only your stuff on it.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh655.html
**for help on erasing and reformatting your drive, let me know.

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