Disc Utility REPAIR Help

Recently, I was trying to partition my HD with Boot Camp Assistant.
The message returned was that "some files could not be moved".
So then I started up Disc Utility and clicked VERIFY DISC.
After that an error message comes up that I have to repair from my installation CD.
The problem?
I'm in Bangkok right now and the disc OS X 10.6 is in the UK.
I was wondering if I could use my other disc OS X 10.5 to perform the repair instead.
I'm not going to be back in the UK for awhile and really need to repair my disc.
Any suggestions?
Also, willl repairing my disc require me to back up my files in case of data loss?
Message was edited by: g280495

g280495 wrote:
Recently, I was trying to partition my HD with Boot Camp Assistant.
The message returned was that "some files could not be moved".
So then I started up Disc Utility and clicked VERIFY DISC.
After that an error message comes up that I have to repair from my installation CD.
I think are being told that the Windows partition cannot be made because your files are too widely spread over your drive (i.e., the "some files could not be moved" message).
There are several ways to try to accomplish what your want to do--if you successfully get your repair done. I am not sure if the 10.5 disk will do the job or that you should even try using this disk for the repair. Can you borrow a Snow DVD or go to an Apple Store for Snow repair help?).
Given the repair, IMO, the best way to proceed is to make a bootable clone of your internal volume on an external and, then, restore/clone it back to your internal. This approach will defrag your drive. Test the clone after making it to be sure it boots. I would not use a defragger on OS X if I could help it. Doing so can be destructive. For casual cloning, just use Disk Utility. To clone using Disk Utility (DU):
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