OS X 10.2.8 (6min Startup then runs sluggish) Please Help!

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I'm running 10.2.8 on a 800mHz eMac w/ 512mb RAM and 60gb HD.

Problem: takes 6 minutes to startup. 4 minutes of white 'Apple' screen with spinning 'gear' followed by 1 1/2 mins of blue screen w/ spinning pizza of death followed by 30 secs of desktop picture and translucent menu bar before startup completes.

After finally starts up OS is extremely sluggish: opening folders causes a few second delay with spinning pizza. Some apps don't open or take forever to and then don't operate properly.

I've tried 'Safe Boot' which returned the same results aside from the 2-3 times longer wait at the white apple gear screen. Booting in OS 9 is no better either. I repaired disk using Disk Utility from the OSX 10.2 install disc which returned much worrysome 'RED' then verified disk to find more red:
"Missing thread record (id = 75913)" and 19 more like it. as well as "overlapped extent allocation (file 662825d)" "Invalid volume directory count..." "Invalid volume file count..." "The volume Mac HD needs to be repaired."

I attempted to backup my Apps and files to a DVD-R to do a clean install of OS X but the burn failed.

I don't have any other disk utility software and I don't know what to do.

Can I safely and effectively reinstall OSX with Archive Install to a damaged disk and retain my files??

Help Me?
jb_lyndon
 
With a damaged disk all I can suggest is to do a complete format. Working with a damaged disk can become very dangerous. If one part of the disk is damaged there's nothing stopping the rest from slowly following. If you can't burn anything, try a few more times. If it won't work no matter what you try, and you really need your stuff backed up, network your Mac to a PC or another Mac and get them to take your files off you onto their computer for safe measure. Format, reinstall OS X and then grab them back.
 
I would not use the term 'damaged' disk. There may benothing wrong with the disk physically, But it's certainly has corrupted directories, and you should have a utility that has a chance at repairing the corruption. The Disk Utility will not do that.

I agree, if you are experiencing problems that the systems disk utility will not repair, then you need to try to back up files , if you can. This kind of problem can mean that you will not be able to read all the files properly, so even attempting a backup may not be 100% successful. Try to get a copy of DiskWarrior (the newest version, which is version 3), which is perhaps your only real shot at getting the system back into good operation.

Needless to say, the problem is not going to fix itself, and will only get worse if you choose to do nothing.

You can always reinstall apps from the original disks if you need to, I recommend that you work at backing up your important files, and just leave the apps alone, do the best you can, but what you have is not good, :( Sorry to be so obvious, but you're having lots of problems, and backing up is the priority (Do you have anything that you absolutely need, and can't replace?)
 
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