New MBP 15" Weird Freezing & Disk (Volume Header) Problems, related?

Hi all
I hope someone can help me, and I hope I don't have a faulty Mac!
I bought a 15" MBP a week ago and while it's awesome, I have a problem where the system will completely freeze, except for the mouse cursor.
Nothing on the keyboard works, force quit doesn't come up, plugging in / removing the power supply doesn't change the battery icon, there's no spinning beach ball. Literally the whole system is unresponsive except for the mouse cursor which seems to be moving fine. None of the hardware controls work either, i.e. eject button
The only consistency that I can think of is that of all the times that it has happened, Firefox was open (ver. 2.0.0.2), except once where Firefox had just started (it froze with Firefox darkened in the dock)
Since then I've reinstalled Firefox but I have another problem and wonder if they're related.
Fresh out of the box I tried to install Windows through Boot Camp but when Boot Camp tried to partition my disk it gave me an error and referred me to Disk Utilities. Disk Utilities gave me a "Volume Header needs minor repair" error, so I fixed it from an older Mac that I have with the MBP mounted in disk mode.
This fixed it, Boot Camp then installed fine, I managed to get myself a virus so I deleted the Windows partition through Boot Camp and tried to partition the disk again with the intent of installing Windows and not get a virus this time
However, Boot Camp gave me the same "Volume Header needs minor repair" error!
The consistency of these errors is making me concerned about the quality of the hdd that's in my MBP!
Some info you might need to know about my MBP
15" MBP Core2Duo
2.33 ghz
Boot ROM ver: MBP22.00A5.B01
SMC Version: 1.12f5
HDD: Toshiba MK2035GSS
Revision: DK021B
The Disk Utility error:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking 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.
Volume Header needs minor repair
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
Also, I'm not sure if this has any bearing but I migrated all the info from my old 12" PB onto this.
I hope someone can tell me that everything's ok!!
15" MBP, Core2Duo, 2.33; G5 iMac, no iSight; 12" Powerbook 867 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi all
I hope someone can help me, and I hope I don't have a faulty Mac!
I bought a 15" MBP a week ago and while it's awesome, I have a problem where the system will completely freeze, except for the mouse cursor.
Nothing on the keyboard works, force quit doesn't come up, plugging in / removing the power supply doesn't change the battery icon, there's no spinning beach ball. Literally the whole system is unresponsive except for the mouse cursor which seems to be moving fine. None of the hardware controls work either, i.e. eject button
The only consistency that I can think of is that of all the times that it has happened, Firefox was open (ver. 2.0.0.2), except once where Firefox had just started (it froze with Firefox darkened in the dock)
Since then I've reinstalled Firefox but I have another problem and wonder if they're related.
Fresh out of the box I tried to install Windows through Boot Camp but when Boot Camp tried to partition my disk it gave me an error and referred me to Disk Utilities. Disk Utilities gave me a "Volume Header needs minor repair" error, so I fixed it from an older Mac that I have with the MBP mounted in disk mode.
This fixed it, Boot Camp then installed fine, I managed to get myself a virus so I deleted the Windows partition through Boot Camp and tried to partition the disk again with the intent of installing Windows and not get a virus this time
However, Boot Camp gave me the same "Volume Header needs minor repair" error!
The consistency of these errors is making me concerned about the quality of the hdd that's in my MBP!
Some info you might need to know about my MBP
15" MBP Core2Duo
2.33 ghz
Boot ROM ver: MBP22.00A5.B01
SMC Version: 1.12f5
HDD: Toshiba MK2035GSS
Revision: DK021B
The Disk Utility error:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking 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.
Volume Header needs minor repair
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
Also, I'm not sure if this has any bearing but I migrated all the info from my old 12" PB onto this.
I hope someone can tell me that everything's ok!!
15" MBP, Core2Duo, 2.33; G5 iMac, no iSight; 12" Powerbook 867 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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