Mac OSX cannot be upgraded to v.10.5 on your computer

I have a Macbook Pro that is 3 months old running 10.4.11. I am trying to upgrade to leopard and repeatedly get the error:
Mac OSX cannot be upgraded to v.10.5 on your computer. / Mac OSX v.10.4 or later could not be found on your computer.
Then when I run a verify on my hard drive I get this error:
Verifying volume “Hard Drive”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid record count
The volume Hard Drive needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
But it won't allow me to repair the hard drive when running Disk Utility from the leopard cd. I also have boot camp installed, could this be causing conflicts? Does anyone have any suggestions or am I going to have to wipe my comp and start with a clean install. It's not a huge problem although I don't have access to some of the install discs for 3rd party software (i.e. quickbooks, office, photoshop, illustrator) can I just drag these back into the apps folder after I install?

Try rebooting with the install/backup CD that came with your new machine. Hold down the letter C from the point of rebooting until you see the spinning activity monitor icon. Running disk utilities and repairing the disk from your 10.4x install disc may have more luck than using the Leopard CD.
Once the volume is repaired, you should be good to go. I hope that helps!
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