Won't Start Without Startup Disc In

Well... it's been having a string of problems and I was wondering whether it was worth trying to fix this myself or to bring it in somewhere.
Basically, I've been on the latest 10.3 for a while, but everything started acting a little clunky and slow and just started becoming increasing problematic, and there were a number of little glitches happening more and more frequently, such as not being able to change the HD picture. So I tried restarting. It stopped on the gray screen with the apple and stayed there. No spinning at all beneath it, just the apple.
So I used the first start up disc to run a check of the computer. Everything showed as okay, and when I went to reinstall, thinking my data might be gone (as had happened eventually with my previous 4 puked HDs), but there it was still. So I used the start up disc to start up and there everything was just like nothing had happened.
I tried restarting without the disc in and ran into the same problem. Basically I need the startup disc in to do anything. I then started backing up everything on my flash disc, but ran out of space (it's a small one) and attempted burning the last stuff onto a disc. It kept telling me things here and there couldn't be read. So finally I decided to screw it, and just reinstall, erasing everything and starting over.
I've installed the main package, and am currently installing the updates, but it's stuck on optimization at 62% for the past few hours. I'm concerned that if I stop it there by force quitting it'll just make things worse, especially being not even sure yet if it's fixed the problem. I have a feeling this current glitch is related, but I don't know enough about this to know for sure... hence my asking.
Basically, I was just wondering if it sounds like something familiar, and if it's worth it to try to reinstall again should this current glitch mess things up somehow or is it looking bad enough to just bring it in.

Have you tried removing the extra RAM? It's possible that it may have something to do with the problems you're seeing.
Check out Dr. Smoke's article entitled _Multiple applications quit unexpectedly or fail to launch_.
Now that you've posted that it's an iBook G4 instead of a G3, you may want to try posting in the iBook G4 Forum.
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