How to do disc repair on MB

Before installing Leopard when I get the disc from Apple store I read that you should repair the disc to prepare it for installation. How do I do this as the option for repair disc is visible but not responding when I run disc utility form the HD i the MB. I tried booting form the Tiger install disc while holdig down C key and all tis did was to ask me to install Tiger again.
As far as I know my HD and Tiger are OK but in view of new OS I thought I should do it anyway. Any advice please or is tis al doen fir me on installing Leopard ?

This is actually a pretty simple process...
Stick your disc in, restart, and when restarting hold down the apple key, you will get two choices to boot from, either your hard drive or the disc you inserted. Boot from the disc. It will load up a new screen. From there you chose one of the tabs at the top and chose utility disk. And from there you can choose your hard drive and repair the hard drive. Hope this helps.
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