Disc Volume failed, not repaired by Disc Utilities: What Next?

I have a Mac Mini 1.6GHz, Intel Core Duo. Currently running OSX 10.4.11. Hard drive was defragged and when I checked Disc Utility function, it found one invalid node and volume failure. Utility could not repair. I used my Tech Tool Pro and this did not work either. After booting from external drive and running TechTool Pro Volume diagnosis on the Mac drive, Mac drive crashed. No repair. I wanted to upgrade my OS from 10.4 to 10.5, but it is not working. I assume there is a relationship. Other than this, no problems with computer. What can I do?

I just worked on a mac mini that had the exact same problem.
I was able to fix it using Disk Warrior......took 5 days of continuous scanning I was able to get most of the data back for the user.
It's an expensive piece of software, but it did it's job.

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