i managed to fix it by reinstalling the OS. for some reason, if i installed it on my 750GB hard drive, id get that script error. if i installed on my 500GB drive, id have no errors. leads me to believe my new 750GB western digital is dying, so i put windows on it. seems fitting enough. (and of course WD only offers a 30 day warranty...grr).
thanks for that though, at least i know what causes that error now and how to fix it. thanks again.

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Hack Pro:
AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core X2 5600+ 2.8GHz
Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
8GB ram (4x2GB DDR2-800)
XFX Geforce GT240 1GB DDR5
500GB SATA HD (Snow Leopard 10.6.6)
250GB SATA HD (Windows 7 64bit)