is there not a way to repair permissions from verbose? i guess it can't be the boot drive? anyway, i think my restore disks are in a container of dvd's i let someone borrow. i will see tomorrow. if not, can i boot from disk warrior and repair the directory. i think it is the permissions that are messed up. i think i have a resource folder permission or two messed up. will disk warrior do permissions? i know, i will just go search for it an check it out... i was just looking for any personal experience-advice i can get. thanks.