I've noticed that when those particular iBook's have a failing hard drive, it's hard to determine, because the clunks are so random, it's not as consecutive as they usually are in other hard drive's I've heard. Must be the IBM made drives of that era, I don't know.
Man, I can't remember exactly why that error happens. I used to be able to and it was all good.

Try saving the file instead of saying open with app X Y or Z. Don't remember if IE of that time had the ability or not.

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Well see, I saved the file two different methods. The first time, I downloaded it to my flash drive and then brought it over to my iBook. That's when I got the "Type 2 error.. close all applications and restart". Then I tried directly downloading it in IE to the desktop, and now it doesn't even ask how to open the file, it just locks the system up solid. So I'm not really sure what to do now..

HDD wise, I'm not really sure either if thats symptoms of a failing hard drive or not. I just know I've used Mac OS 9 Macs for years, heck, grew up on them, and I've never experienced these problems until I got this machine... so whatever is going on, is beyond me. My only thing is I'm worrying its going to start doing this to all the applications again, like before, and then get to the point it won't even boot and I'll have to reinstall Mac OS. The other guys probably right, it might need a new hard drive and I know RAM would help, but then again I want to make sure before I go out and replace it, that it is the problem for sure.

Thanks for the help everyone :beige: