Invalid volume file count and directory count

My wife's macbook pro started shutting down by itself randomly, so i performed Disk Utility Verify Disk and found these errors:
Invalid volume file count
(It should be 800651 instead of 800653)
Invalid volume directory count
(It should be 191005 instead of 191003)
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
As i do not have the Mac OS Leopard disks physically with me, I target-disk started her mac on my mac, and use my mac to run Disk Utility on her hard-disk, and repaired the disk without problems.
However, this is the 3rd or 4th time this has happened. After the 1st time, i figured something is causing it, so i checked this forum, and found that for some, the Blackberry Messenger app causes programs, so i promptly uninstalled it fully (including associated system files) and this problem didnt come back for a while.
Or could this be a sign the hard disk is physically failing soon? It is out of warranty now. We have regular TimeMachine backups. We are actually kinda waiting out until the new line of macbook pro's come out.. (hopefully in June at WWDC)
Any suggestions as to how else to address this? Thanks!
Laptop stats: MacBook Pro 15"
2.4 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB RAM
HDD: 250GB
Graphics: NVDIA GeForce 9400M VRAM 256MB
OS: Mac OS Leopard

Well, the disk errors are due to corruption caused by the random power downs, so focus on getting that issue solved first. What's the stats on the battery?

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This causes the machine to lock up.
This is my SECOND machine (same set up on the previous machine) that is experiencing these issues. Once I run the disk utility off of the original OS disk everything is fine.

This is my SECOND machine (same set up on the previous machine) that is experiencing these issues. Once I run the disk utility off of the original OS disk everything is fine.
Invest in a couple things - backup drive, Disk Warrior, and SuperDuper
Install OS X to part of your external (small and just big enough for an emergency system and minimal programs).
Booting off DVD is fine, but no Finder and you are limited to the (older) version of Disk Utility on there (and it does get updated and changed).
Clone your system for boot backup, especially before updates and changes.
Disk Warrior recognizes and repairs more issues, some of which Apple First Aid doesn't even look for.
So even though it appears okay afterward...
Next would be to run Apple Hardware Test, and along with that check your RAM with MEMTEST (REMBER is handy and is just GUI wrapper to memtest program) or run Memtest yourself from the Terminal.

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My Powerbook G4 (running Leopard 10.5.5) was running slower and slower. So I ran Disk Utility. When running “Verify Disk”, I received the following message -
Quote
At “checking volume information”, got the following message –
Invalid volume file count
(it should be 608262 instead of 608269)
invalid volume directory count
(it should be 126277 instead of 126270)
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
Unquote
A friend told me my hard drive was DEAD and needed to be repaired. Is this true or is there some way to fix my drive?

I started up from my latest OS X Installer (Leopard) and opened Disk Utility (although it seems to give me the Disk Utility that's on my Hard Drive, NOT one on the installation disk). Repair Disk was NOT an option (even after running Verify Disk again to see if that helped).
So, now what do I do now? Disk Warrior may help (or it may not) and a new hard disk isn't THAT expensive. Should I just go ahead and bite the bullet and get a new hard drive???
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My MacBook OS X version 10.5.8 has ran quite slowly occasionally but I think that's due to the fact I've had it for almost 5 years. But then yesterday it kept on freezing every few seconds so that it was impossible to do anything. I then left it overnight and in the morning cleared the safari cache and kept rebooting it which eventually stopped it freezing so often. But now certain applications such as iTunes keep quitting before they even open properly and applications that do work still freeze every so often. So then I ran disk utility and verified the disk which came up with this:
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Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
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Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
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was wondering if there are any ways of fixing this without needing a disc?
No.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1782?viewlocale=en_US
Once that is complete reboot again from your usual start-up disk.
Call Apple Customer Support 1-800-767-2775, provide the Serial Number and specifications of the Mac, and for a reasonable fee, they will supply a replacement set of system discs (if available).
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I tried 'Verify Disk' from the utilities, but is fails and says
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The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
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I've heard some suggest to go buy Disk Warrior. Will this fix it... or.. probably not?

*"Will this fix it... or.. probably not?"*
You won't know until you give it a try. You should own a copy of Disk Warrior anyway for at least some peace of mind in the future.
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A Cortez wrote:
I generally don't post here unless a problems has become a REAL problem. I upgraded a few months back to MacOS10.6.8 and have experienced some pretty strange behavior. It starts with horizontal lines across the screen and these can appear for several hours and then hang or within 10-15 minutes of starting up. The obvious check for me is to run disk utility because it looks to me like something is getting overwritten - virtual memory maybe. When I run disk verify I get:
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Checking Catalog file.
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making me nuts!
Appears you have directory damage & need a stronger 3rd party utility to fix. You should not use your computer until the damage has been repaired to avoid damaging your directory any further.
Utilities are best run from the CDs to avoid system interference & false readings/reports. You must use the versions that are compatible w/your OS system & keep the utilities updated to avoid damaging/harming/trashing your system.
You need to make your own decision on which to purchase. Read up on them on their websites because each do something a little different.
DiskWarrior (Highly Recommended for Directory Damage Repair)
Techtool Pro
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