This thing, one my prized 68k, now my trubbles.

This is every boot:

It fails to find the OS so I put in a 7.5 disk tools disk and restart from that. It finds Mac OS 8 on the HD after 2 boots. 1 cold 1 hot

Now OS 8 says the system folder is damaged!!!!! I can still acess the HD so I will use my new ZIP disk to back up my apps.

Should I reinstall 8 or go 7?

The PRAM is bad too. Should I buy a new battery to correct the booting issue?

Macintoshman