Can't repair Macintosh HD in Disk Utility (extended attributes)

Hi all,
I have a Retina Macbook Pro with one of them new fancy SSDs in it. I'm running 10.9.3 all up-to-date and am a bit computer-savvy, but I'm more than puzzled by what my Mac has been doing as of late.
When trying to install Windows via Bootcamp, I ran into an error message in the Partitioning step of the process. I hopped into Disk Utility, figuring I could simply partition from there (something in me trusts Disk Utility more than the Boot Camp Assistant). Partition failed!
I then executed the "Verify Disk" command in Disk Utility, only to be told I needed to restart from the Recovery Partition and use the "Repair Disk" function of Disk Utility then. Log of this whole event is at the end of this post, but the offending line seems to be
2014-06-12 20:59:30 -0400: Checking extended attributes file.
2014-06-12 20:59:30 -0400: (It should be 15783744 instead of 14437995)
I then restarted and followed these instructions. "Verify Disk" found no errors, nor did "Repair Disk." I rebooted, only to be met with the same problem!
Is there some sort of lower-level command I can use to repair my disk if I boot in Single User mode or something?
Thanks,
Nathan
2014-06-12 20:58:30 -0400: Disk Utility started.
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Verifying partition map for “APPLE SSD SD512E Media”
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Starting verification tool:
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking prerequisites
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking the partition list
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking for an EFI system partition
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking the EFI system partition’s size
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking booter partitions
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking booter partition disk0s3
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking file system
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking extents overflow file.
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking catalog file.
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking multi-linked files.
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking catalog hierarchy.
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking extended attributes file.
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking volume bitmap.
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking volume information.
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: The volume Recovery HD appears to be OK.
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking storage system
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking volume
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: disk0s2: Scan for Volume Headers
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: disk0s2: Scan for Disk Labels
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Logical Volume Group D79A3F82-3153-4DCC-A58F-C9B3ADAD2F6E on 1 device
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: disk0s2: Scan for Metadata Volume
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Logical Volume Group has a 16 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancy
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Start scanning metadata for a valid checkpoint
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Load and verify Segment Headers
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Load and verify Checkpoint Payload
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Load and verify Transaction Segment
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Incorporate 0 newer non-checkpoint transactions
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Load and verify Virtual Address Table
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Load and verify Segment Usage Table
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Load and verify Metadata Superblock
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Load and verify Logical Volumes B-Trees
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Logical Volume Group contains 1 Logical Volume
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Load and verify BDEE2B2F-6770-4707-AE0A-3862965E6414
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Load and verify B761A88F-B034-44A9-8F54-F7732861C825
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Load and verify Freespace Summary
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Load and verify Block Accounting
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Load and verify Live Virtual Addresses
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Newest transaction commit checkpoint is valid
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Load and verify Segment Cleaning
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: The volume D79A3F82-3153-4DCC-A58F-C9B3ADAD2F6E appears to be OK
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: The partition map appears to be OK
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400:
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Starting verification tool:
2014-06-12 20:58:36 -0400: Checking storage system
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Checking volume
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: disk0s2: Scan for Volume Headers
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: disk0s2: Scan for Disk Labels
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Logical Volume Group D79A3F82-3153-4DCC-A58F-C9B3ADAD2F6E on 1 device
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: disk0s2: Scan for Metadata Volume
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Logical Volume Group has a 16 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancy
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Start scanning metadata for a valid checkpoint
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Load and verify Segment Headers
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Load and verify Checkpoint Payload
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Load and verify Transaction Segment
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Incorporate 0 newer non-checkpoint transactions
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Load and verify Virtual Address Table
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Load and verify Segment Usage Table
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Load and verify Metadata Superblock
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Load and verify Logical Volumes B-Trees
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Logical Volume Group contains 1 Logical Volume
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Load and verify BDEE2B2F-6770-4707-AE0A-3862965E6414
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Load and verify B761A88F-B034-44A9-8F54-F7732861C825
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Load and verify Freespace Summary
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Load and verify Block Accounting
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Load and verify Live Virtual Addresses
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Newest transaction commit checkpoint is valid
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Load and verify Segment Cleaning
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: The volume D79A3F82-3153-4DCC-A58F-C9B3ADAD2F6E appears to be OK
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Checking file system
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Performing live verification.
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Checking extents overflow file.
2014-06-12 20:58:37 -0400: Checking catalog file.
2014-06-12 20:58:59 -0400: Checking multi-linked files.
2014-06-12 20:59:30 -0400: Checking extended attributes file.
2014-06-12 20:59:30 -0400: (It should be 15783744 instead of 14437995)
2014-06-12 20:59:30 -0400: Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you see the Apple logo. When the OS X Utilities window appears, choose Disk Utility.
2014-06-12 20:59:30 -0400:
2014-06-12 20:59:30 -0400: Disk Utility stopped verifying “Macintosh HD”: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you see the Apple logo. When the OS X Utilities window appears, choose Disk Utility.
2014-06-12 20:59:30 -0400:

I'm having a similar problem with my G4 Desktop.
I have a 2nd internal hard drive and 2 FW Drives.
None of them are able to be verified or repaired using DU.
I get the following message: "Verify volume failed with error Could not unmount disk." And then some message about "make sure that all your files are closed."
I tried soft-booting by holding the shift-key down just as a trouble-shooting idea and I was able to verify and the drives were working well. However, when I restarted in normal mode I was not able to verify or repair.
What is my G4's problem? Why does it need to use that secondary drive in order to operate? What do I need to do to fix it?
Any suggestions?
G4 Dual 1.42 Mac OS X (10.4.6) 1 Gig Ram / 2 Internal Hard Drives

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    When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
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    Click the First Aid tab.
    Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
    Select your Mac OS X volume.
    Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.
You should get the cd somewhere
Yes, I can still use my MB but not of the repair functions seems te help.
Is your suggestion able to repair the HD as well? When running disk utillities he tells me that the HD needs to be repaired.
Thanks for your comments.

Can't repair Macintosh HD in Disk Utility (extended attributes)

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