10.4.6 Won't install now everything has gone pear shaped!

Tried installing via software update only to be told installation could not be completed, so I tried downloading the PowerPC update, ran the installer only to be told again that due to an error, can't be installed.
Now, when I try and run Software Update, it hangs, tried deleting SU prefs file but still hangs. When I try running the installer it gets as far as the section where you select a drive to install, only to be presented with a blank window and no drive to install on.
I've tried running Disk Utility from the start up drive only to be told that a back ground utility didn't start up for it to run.
Starting up from the Install DVD and running Disk Utility, running disk repair results in an unrepairable error, can't save the log to record the file, if needed will boot up again and write down the error.
Is the root of my problems the duff HD? Should I go for back up and reformat or am I looking at a new drive?
Any reasons for the update problems?
Any help at all??
Didn't have any trouble like this before trying to update to 10.4.6.
Thanks Gavin

When Disk Utility can't repair disk because of an unrepairable error, that usually indicates a bad directory. That's not necessarily a bad drive. Just some issues with the mapping of the hard drive at the directory level. Assuming you are backed up, you can try a third party directory repair solution. See this FAQ:
http://www.macmaps.com/directoryfaq.html

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