Frequent lock ups

I am almost at my wits end with my MAC. When it is running right, it is wonderful. When it's not, its very frustrating. Shortly I will be contacting Apple AGAIN to try and resolve the problem. this has been going on for about 5 months, and it is always the same problem, requiring the same resolution to get it working.
The problem is that the machine locks up, and I can't do anything with it, other than turn it off with the power button, wait a while, restart it, use Drive Genius 3 to repair it, restart again, and it works fine, for a few days.
After locking up, shutting it down and re-starting, the same error code appears "Invalid Volume Directory Count". This has happened 13 times since August 29, 2010.
I have spent many hours with MAC tech support on this issue the first time. Worked for a couple of weeks.
Second time I was instructed to bring it into the "Genius Bar" where they installed a new hard drive. Worked for about a week.
Third time I re-installed the operating system. Worked for about a week.
I have been working with this issue because I rely on my MAC for so much, but on several occasions I have lost data when the computer stopped working.
I am entering this information on this forum in the hope that somebody else has had this problem, as well as a fix for it.
Thank you for your help.

Hi-
Your error could come from a number of places, with RAM being a likely source.
Replacement of the hard drive helps exclude that as a possible suspect (for now).
Similar issues were described and troubleshot in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12221029&#12221029
Again, similar issues here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12302894&#12302894

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