Directory damage - utility can't fix

I recently installed a new HD and also upgraded from Panther to Tiger. Everything was going reaaaaaallly well, until last night when I decided to watch a DVD. The DVD player did not work well - audio but not video unless I started from the DVD's menu only. If I paused long enough for it to go to sleep - then on awakening, I had no video - just audio, so had to start again and manually find my place.
Today I launched an app I normally work with, and it behaved erratically - unusable...so I put in the OS X DVD and ran Disk Utility - directory errors - could not fix. Tried 3 times.
Help? What do I do next? Would reinstalling Tiger fix this?

No resetting pram wouldn't cause it, you had pre-existing problems. I'd wait to get DW 3.0.3. Or, perform an archive & install and then apply the combo update.
Also, did you run "Apple Hardware Test"? (just to rule out hardware issues)
If CD's came with your computer it is on a CD labeled "Hardware Test" To test with CD, insert the CD and restart holding the "c" key until you see the spinning gear.
If DVD insert DVD then:
1. Turn on or restart the computer.
2. Immediately press and hold the Option key. After a few seconds, the Startup Manger screen appearsThe Startup Manager scans for available volumes.
3. Optional: Clicking the circular arrow rescans for other volumes, including NetBoot Server volumes. You can eject any disc in the drive or open an empty tray-loading drive by holding down the Command (Apple) and Period (.) keys. The Command-Period key combination will also close the drive. After inserting a CD capable of starting up your computer, you could rescan for volumes.
4. Click the startup volume you want to use. "Hardware Test"
If hardware test does not mount or does not run bring the computer to Authorized Apple Repair.
-mj
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