Need to run Disc Utility - But dont have Boot disc to hand

Hi,
I have run Disc Utility in OSX on my main hard drive and it says it needs repairing, so I need to boot of one of the install disc's, unfortunately I don't have these to hand at the moment (there at home & I'm not)
There must be a way round this e.g. creating a boot disc with Disc Utility on it etc.
Any idea's?
Thanks

Check out this info from Apple. Pay particular attention to Safe Boot and fsck. These operations perform steps that are somewhat like running disk repair while booted from your install disc.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
What problems are you experiencing?
Regards,
Steve M.
Message was edited by: Steve M.

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