Mac book pro freezes hard drive failure?

Hi mac users,
I'm new to mac. But i have a problem. My lap top mac. Is freezing and is unresponsive for 20 minutes at a time. IF i click one thing the entire screen is frozen until it can complete the one command.
I went into disk utility and clicked on first aid to try and do repair disk. Which it is doing it say's will take about 8 hours.
The box is displaying this infomation over and over again.
Open error 5: "input/output error" on Applications/textedit.app/contents/resources/english.ipro...
Open error 5: "input/output error" on System libary/coresystems/apple8211agen.app.conte...
I have no clue why it's saying or why it's repeated a thousand times. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the software. That didn't work. It still giving the same error. I tried reformatting it and rebooting it from the original CD it came with. It seemed to work for a couple of days. Now it's back to acting really really slow.
It's not covered by apple care or a warranty. So i know it's going to cost lots of money to fix. I was hoping i could fix it myself.
My guess it's 1. hard drive failure or 2. I need to reformat it again and reinstall the programs again. Though i don't want to do that. Because it takes all day long.
Thanks for any helpful suggestions. I hope i can get this computer fixed soon.
Julial

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Sometimes there are just some damaged sectors on the hard drive, but that does not mean the drive is totally unusable. The first step is to make sure your data is backed up as completely as possible. If you aren't able to access your Mac normally, sometimes you can restore data with data recovery tools listed on my backup FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
Sometimes then you can repair access to the drive by repairing the directory*:
http://www.macmaps.com/directoryfaq.html
Since a bad directory, and a damaged hard drive can often elicit the same symptoms, data recovery initially is a must, and only then repair the directory.
If after repairing the directory, you aren't able to use your computer, the latter file you mention may have to deal with your wireless drivers. The first one simply has to do with TextEdit, which can be custom reinstalled from the operating system disc that installed the operating system on your Mac. Let us know if you need help with this.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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