Thanks for alll your time and effort ! I m still struggling but you did give me some ideas ...And remind me of some !
I think it s gonna have to be a system re install. my worry is I don t really know if the problem is with the OS9 external drive or the OSX on my G4 ........Everything I do to the OS9 drive results in a crash . Is it cos it can t get a time sync off my main machine ?
I couldn t even re log into this site to thank you without starting a new account........It keeps refusing me accces. The way my week is going I m expecting to get hit by a meteorite at some point !
Thanks again !