Help with Mac OS X Install Discs!?

Question

My mac recently went awol and only opens in safe mode, i just get a grey screen with the apple logo and the spinning cog if i boot it normally, i figure i need the original Tiger OS x install disc, but i cant find it!

So i need to buy a new one... from Apple? can some one help me find where to look? also i was on tiger but i want to upgrade to leopard any way, do i have to buy the install disc for tiger and then upgrade or can i buy the leopard discs and boot from that? thanks alot in advance.

Answer 1

From Other World Computing (macsales.com) $119.99 plus $2.50 shipping.

From MacMall, $109.99 plus $20.85 (!) shipping.

You may have jumped to the wrong conclusion that you need to reinstall just because you can only boot fully in Safe Boot. Could be a problem with some third-party software. Troubleshoot for startup problems by starting in Safe Boot, open System Preferences > Accounts, go to the Login Items tab, uncheck items and restart. If that doesn't help, restart in Safe Boot, open Disk Utility, repair the hard drive and then repair disk permissions. If that doesn't help, restart in Safe Boot, move the Fonts folder(s) to the desktop, restart. Eventually, you will need your install DVD so buy it even if you get this problem solved without it.

Answer 2

You can boot from any OSX disc by inserting the disc and restarting the machine with the C key held down.  Can't you just borrow an install disc?