Leopard Startup Problem on MacBook Pro 15" 2.5 GHz

When secure deleting trash it took over 30 minutes to delete a 1 GB file so tried to stop. As this failed I pressed ctrl /cmd and power button to force a restart. On restart the computer starts but fails to get to login screen. Tried running ‘Disk Utility’ - on verify or repairing disk permission it reads:
“Error: the underlying task reported failure on exit and a window with
First Aid failed
“Disk utility stopped verifying permissions on “Macintosh HD” because the following error was encountered”
‘The underlying task reported failure on exit’
Verify and repair disk is OK it is just the permissions that have errors.
On connecting to another Mac running 10.2.8 in firewire mode the other Mac indicates that the MacBook Pro disk is unreadable and do you want to initialise.
Have also tried resetting PRAM and this does not rectify the problem.
Pressing option at start up sees the drive but after selecting it I have the same problem as before.
Tried installing from MacBook Pro Leopard install disks that came with the computer. On starting to do this it warns that a newer version exists on the volume (as I have the most recent version via software downloads) and that I need to click on options
I selected the default ‘Archive and Install’ and ‘Preserve user and network settings’ but it fails to install reading ‘ Install failed MacOSX could not be installed on your computer’. The installer could not install some files in”/Volumes/macintosh HD” contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
I would do a clean install but I would lose about 50 or so files that I have not backed up.
I am hoping that there is a workaround rather than having to purchase DiskWarrior.
As the computer is only 3 months old will Apple sort the problem out – can I take it into one of their stores to get this done?
thanks in advance for any help you may be able to offer
Cheers
Dougie

Your options:
1. Use DiskWarrior to rebuild the directory or,
2. Erase & Install.

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         5%    WindowServer
         1%    loginwindow
         0%    AppleSpell
         0%    SophosUIServer
         0%    SophosAntiVirus
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Slow performance after installing Yosemite on an older Mac is often caused by inadequate memory. Although you can install the upgrade on a Mac with 2 GB of memory, experience has shown that at least 4 GB is needed for full performance.
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Ciao.

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Serial Number:                  K439*****H4A
Native Command Queuing:          Yes
Queue Depth:          32
Removable Media:          No
Detachable Drive:          No
BSD Name:          disk0
Medium Type:          Rotational
Partition Map Type:          GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status:          Verified
Volumes:
Capacity:          209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
Writable:          Yes
BSD Name:          disk0s1
Hard Disk:
Capacity:          119.69 GB (119,690,149,888 bytes)
Available:          98.97 GB (98,967,773,184 bytes)
Writable:          Yes
File System:          Journaled HFS+
BSD Name:          disk0s2
Mount Point:          /
Problem:
Over the last few months I've had constant problems with freezing, shut downs. This might be in the form of I'll be working in iMovie editing some video and then mouse down into the corner to switch Spaces, the screen will half zoom out then just hang. Mouse won't respond, everything just sits there. I usually have to fix this by holding down the power button until the MBP turns off, then just reboot.
Other times I'll leave the computer on at night, wake up in the morning and it will either be off and as such, I just have to press the power button and it boots up again. Or the screen will be off, metal above the Function keys will be cooking, but the computer isn't responding, just a blank screen. I hold down the power button until it turns off and then reboot again.
These problems were getting worse. It has gotten to the stage where it might freeze a couple of times a day.
Seems the problem only occurs when the MBP is working. I might leave it rendering at night and wake in the morning to find it off etc.
Will also sometimes get horizontial lines in apps. I shut them down and start them up again and it's fine. But it's like the graphics card is struggling big time.
Actions to Fix:
- Started with repairing the permissions, but I always found that it had lots of items to repair, would repair then, but then if I verified again, the same things would come up as needing to be repaired. I also tried booting from the OS X DVD and repairing from that version of Disk Utility, but same result.
- Created new admin user account, to see if problem was just limited to my account. Same problem.
- Ran AHT from the MBP DVD that came with the MBP and it passed the hardware test. Though I couldn't find anywhere to make it run an extended test. The test I could run would only take about 10 minutes I believe.
- Erased the HD and fresh install of 10.6.3 from DVD, then software updates to 10.6.7 (yesterday). Repaired permissions after each step. After the OS upgrade I got a decent list of items that needed to be repaired, and after repair, would still show as needing repair. I checked the KB and it listed a lot of files that might get this error, but that it was ok to ignore them.
- Was editing video this morning in iMovie again, running Disk Utility on an external drive and boom, the MBP locked up again
I've gone through the /logs/crashlog in both the root and home user folders. After nearly all crashes these are empty, so it's not even reporting it anywhere.
Can anyone shed any light on whhat might be causing the problem?
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