I am an Idiot. Please Help!!! Can't update Macbook...

Please Help!!
I have been trying for a while now to update my macbook and I am out of ideas. I've tried the combo and standalone installers and neither are working.
I am trying to update from OS X 10.5.2 to OS X 10.5.8.
When I do the combo (automatic) update, It asks to restart the computer and once it restarts it tells me it is unable to install the update.
When I try the standalone update, it downloads and when i try to install it, It says "You cannot install Mac OS X Update on this volume. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update."
It says the same thing when i try to update to 10.5.4 or 5.6
Please help me!!!
MY MAC INFO:
Model Name:          MacBook
Model Identifier:          MacBook4,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.1 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          3 MB
Memory:          1 GB
Bus Speed:          800 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          MB41.00C1.B00
SMC Version:          1.31f1
Serial Number:          W88146N70P0
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:          Enabled

Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
How much hard disk space do you have available?
You've downloaded several combo updates, so you may have to delete one or more of those large (about 700Mb) .dmg files to make enough free space.
If you do have enough free space (at least 5GB, minimum space available), then run Disk Utility on your OS X volume (probably named Macintosh HD) and select Repair Permissions.
Let me also mention that if you don't have a recent backup of your system, it is ALWAYS ALWAYS a good idea to have a complete backup before attempting OS installations and upgrades. If you don't already have a backup drive, large (1TB or larger) external USB 2.0 backup drives are relatively inexpensive, especially compared to the time and trouble of trying to recover without one! OS X 10.5 has Time Machine software, which is probably adequate for your backup needs.
Next, OS X 10.5.8 requires OS X 10.5.5 be installed first, so I'd download and install this one first:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_5_Combo_Update
If you successfully get to OS X 10.5.5, then run the 10.5.8 combo (that you've apparently downloaded already) http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_8_Combo_Update
If it still isn't working, is your User Account set to 'Admin'?
Go to , System Preferences, Accounts, and view your user identity. If you don't have Admin privileges, you'll have to have an Admin user do the upgrade.

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