Invalid Leaf Count Record

When I repaired my startup disk with Disk Utility, an invalid leaf count record error was reported. From looking at other posts, it appears that one of the recommended things to do for this is trying to repair the issue with Disk Utility. I tried this using Disk Utility 4.1. I replaced my directory with the rebuilt directory. Unfortunately, when I started back up from my install CD and ran Repair Disk, the invalid leaf count record error was reported again.
Any advice would be much appreciated... maybe I did something wrong.
Thanks

First, I realized that I had the error message wrong. I should have wrote "Invalid Leaf Record Count" originally instead of "Invalid Leaf Count Record". I doubt this makes a difference, but just in case there it is.
Secondly, I am running 10.3.9 and have been doing so for quite some time. My understanding based on this is that DiskWarrior 4.1 should work. I took your advice and tried running DiskWarrior again. As I did previously, I simply booted from DiskWarrior because the disk I am trying to fix is my startup disk. I rebuilt and replaced the directory with DiskWarrior 4.1 again. As a matter of fact, I ran it multiple times while I had it going. I even ran it under the scavenge mode.
After doing this, I restarted the computer, ejected the DiskWarrior disc, and put in my install disc that came with my iMac. I booted from this CD and reran "Repair Disk" with Disk Utility. The error stills shows up. One thing to note is that my install disc came with 10.3.5 on it. Could this somehow cause a problem? My understanding is that you should always use an install disc for the major OS version you are running to run the "Repair Disk" function of Disk Utility. For example use an install disc for 10.3 if you are trying to repair a disk running 10.3.x or use an install disc for 10.4 if you are trying to repair a disk running 10.4.x.
Prior to ever running DiskWarrior, I used the fsck command from single-user mode. Interestingly, the error did not show up here. I thought the "Repair Disk" function with Disk Utility was similar to this command, but maybe there is enough variation to cause the difference. Do you guys have any idea, which one I should trust?
Let me know if any of this is incorrect. Any other suggestions regarding this error would be welcomed. I don't really understand what the error itself means. For now, I guess I will just leave it since I don't really know what else to do. Maybe in the future it will get worse and DiskWarrior will recognize it... I know that's asking for a problem!

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First that all, my English is not very good, sorry for my grammar mistakes.
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