My macbook is acting strange?

Hello all, I'm using 2009 macbook (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB ram) running OSX 10.5.8. Recently, my macbook's been acting pretty strange:
1. The admin password stopped working. Normally, I created another working account for myself so that I won't accidentlally mess up with system files. Whenever I updated the softwares or installed new ones, I just typed in the admin password upon requested. However, the admin password stopped working two weeks ago. It just reported that the password was incorrect. I couldn't log in to the admin account as well.
2. About the same time, I noticed that my HD free space was mysteriously increased from ~4 GB to 10 GB without manaully deleting any files.
3. The time machine backup started to stall at a certain MB transferred. For instance, last week it stopped at "Backing Up: 307.6 MB of 1.4 GB" but currently at 286.9 MB of 1.4 GB. The time machine drive still has over 70 GB left.
My working account's still working fine but I have a feeling that it might be a problem with the HD, somethings got deleted or corrupted. What should I do or any diagnostic tools that can identifiy the problem? Should I replace the HD?
Thank you very much

Hello all, I'm using 2009 macbook (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB ram) running OSX 10.5.8. Recently, my macbook's been acting pretty strange:
1. The admin password stopped working. Normally, I created another working account for myself so that I won't accidentlally mess up with system files. Whenever I updated the softwares or installed new ones, I just typed in the admin password upon requested. However, the admin password stopped working two weeks ago. It just reported that the password was incorrect. I couldn't log in to the admin account as well.
2. About the same time, I noticed that my HD free space was mysteriously increased from ~4 GB to 10 GB without manaully deleting any files.
3. The time machine backup started to stall at a certain MB transferred. For instance, last week it stopped at "Backing Up: 307.6 MB of 1.4 GB" but currently at 286.9 MB of 1.4 GB. The time machine drive still has over 70 GB left.
My working account's still working fine but I have a feeling that it might be a problem with the HD, somethings got deleted or corrupted. What should I do or any diagnostic tools that can identifiy the problem? Should I replace the HD?
Thank you very much

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