Photoshop CS3 Disk Error?

Suddenly I can't open Photoshop CS3 or work associated with it - Window message: An unexpected and recoverable problem has occurred because of a disk error. Photoshop will now exit.
Help!
I'm running Tiger, never had this problem before.
Linda

I'm on a Mac G5 - I have all my important files on a separate external (Seagate) hard drive. I ran the Disk Utility (clicked Verify Disk) on the Main HD and got this message:
First Aid Failed
Disk Utility stopped verifying “Main HD” because the following error was encountered: The underlying task reported failure on exit
The details section says:
Verifying volume “Main HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid sibling link
The volume Main HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
I can't click Repair Disk because it isn't highlighted to click. It's only available to click when I select my external (Seagate) drive. Do I have my Main HD locked somewhere?

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Concerning your other suggestions, I was able to use Go To Folder to get to the /private folder, and I saw that it said I could only read. I was able to add my user account and give it Read/Write permission through the Get Info dialogue box (I fear Terminal unless I have explicit instructions). Is this what I want? I also looked into the /volumes folder and apparently there is nothing within it, unless the folders are hidden I suppose. I checked permissions of my main drive (startup disk, on which all my applications reside) and they claim that I have read/write privileges. However I'm only viewing this in the Get Info box; is that not the right place to see/alter it? Because this whole time the scratch partition also claimed that I have read/write permissions and that was obviously not true, as it only started working right once I checked "Ignore Ownership on this Volume". But it's incredibly confusing because I could save files to the scratch drive from Photoshop; I just couldn't choose it as a scratch drive.
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