MY ENTIRE SYSTEM SOMEHOW GOT ERASED, AND I DO NOT HAVE THE ORIGINAL DISKS

Depending on the model and age of your machine you may find install disk images for your computer at:

www.macintoshgarden.org

Otherwse I'd say it's time to look at ebay for original install disks.

Gary

Some additional sources to add to the one provided by Gary.

http://www.welovemacs.com/apsyso.html

http://hardcoremac.stores.yahoo.net/

http://store.fastmac.com/index.php?cPath=10_5_6