Did latest updates now grey screen

Hi All,
I guess I didn't wait long enough before doing the last updates....... I first ran the firmware update by itself, everything seemed to work fine. I then repaired permissions and ran all the other updates. Now, I get a grey screen with the Apple logo, a spinning dashed wheel, and a grey progress bar that goes about 1/2" then disappears, followed by another progress bar that goes about 1/2" then the computer shuts down.
I have tried zapping the pram.
I then started from the 10.6 install DVD and ran Disk Utilities. It said my disk (drive) needed to be repaired and to repair the disk. I ran "Repair Disk" only to get a message that said it was "unable to repair disk" (or something close to that).
Any thoughts before I wipe the drive (I really don't want to do that even though I think I backed-up everything)?
Thanks in advance.
P

ok... i just got back from the apple store genius bar and the tech was able to boot my computer up to another mac using a fire wire cable so that i could transfer my files off (i have an emac, so when i got home i hooked them together with a fire wire cable, pressed and held the 't' key while starting the PB up, and it booted as a drive on my emac so i could copy my important files over).
my next step is to send it out to apple service. unfortunately i don't have apple care coverage, but it will only cost $310 plus tax to fix EVERYthing that is wrong with it. this works out to be a pretty good deal since i'm fairly sure i need a new logic board, dc inboard, battery, and lower memory slot. hopefully they'll be able to fix all that and send my PB back to me good as new.
unfortunately, i don't know how to solve the 'not being able to start up' issue, and i'm sorry to hear others are having the same issue. the tech at apple was not able to get my PB to start back up even after resetting the PMU. hopefully someone else will find a solution to this... as for me i'm just going to bite the bullet and send it out to get fixed.

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