Powerbook G4 acting funky: possibly from device removal...HELP PLEASE!

Hello. My computer has been behaving strangely and not working properly; mainly, I have a constant spinning beach ball...even with no other programs open. Basically my computer just locks up with the spinning beach ball whenever I try to do anything at all (double-clicking, typing in a field, etc.). I think it may have started when I prematurely removed my camera while uploading photos to IPhoto.
It has become so bad that my computer won't even start up. When I boot up, it acts like it's trying to start (shows the apple screen for a minute or so) then just shuts off.
(On a side note, my battery is so bad it doesn't even hold a charge at all...I have to always have my power adapter plugged in to use the computer. Don't know if this is a factor or not.)
Anyway, I've run the Apple Hardware test with the Mac OS X Install disc and the hardware test came out fine...everything passed. Then I tried rebooting while holding C, choosing Disc Utilities, and repairing disk. This is the message I received:
First Aid Failed:
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit (-9972)
Repair attempted on 1 volume
0 HFS volumes repaired
1 volume could not be repaired
What can I do from here? Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit (-9972)
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If you're able to run it, a program like Smart Utility from http://www.volitans-software.com/smart_utility.php is useful to read the SMART indicators on the hard drive, which can give you good information on the health of the drive.

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