Fsck -fy and incorrect folder count

Lately, my MBP threw a kernel panic, so I hard-rebooted the MBP and entered single user mode by holding Command+S while booting up. I then immediately ran "fsck -fy". Everything looked fine except for one thing: fsck tells me that there is an "incorrect folder count in a directory", with id=2 and the count should be 25 instead of 24. I assume id=2 is the id of the directory in question, right? Such a low id number suggests that it is one of the first directories created during the Mac OS X installation - i.e. a really important folder. Does the id of 2 always refer to the same (important, system) directory on every Mac that runs Snow Leopard? Shall I be worried?

Hi SwordAngel;
If you have errors that Disk Utility is incapable of repairing such as your incorrect folder count error, you should always do your best to repair it. Generally I know of two way to fix that error. You can either buy DiskWarroir which should be able to fix it. Or else you can reformat the drive. Of course reformatting the will erase all data so please backup first.
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