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imac since 06

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May 24, 2008
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I have an Imac bought in summer 2006. The specs include:
2.0 Intel Duo Core
1 Gig of Ram
20" screen
Mac OS X 10.5 (leopard)
250 G hard drive
Time Machine 250 G external hard drive

Somehow my personal profile was deleted. To the point where at the login screen, I see the option to sign in. I can even enter my user name and password but the screen freezes after 10 - 15 seconds and then takes me back to the login screen. When I login under the guest account, every starts off working well and then after a few minutes no matter where I go and try to enter data i get the evil spinning circle of rainbow joy laughing at me. Afterwards the top of the screen that shows the spotlight and the network signal is gone and the computer freezes.

My question:
How do I restore a complete profile from time machine?
Why is my mac freezing?

Thanks,
Feel free to email me an answer at nrttat@gmail.com
 
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