Problems with mac book pro (os x 10.5.8)

g'day
recently i have, for me serious, problems with my mac book pro (os x 10.5.8).
discovered that it runs slower and somewhat unstable, i attempted housekeeping and burned large files on cd. furthermore i deleted some files i do not use to trash from 'application'
now once i turn on straight i get a garbled screen with tool bar on top.
if i start with installation disk 1, i get to the complete start-up and is operational.
upon opening the 'dock' to open safari for example - comuter freezes for a few minutes with spinning rainbow wheel.
what might be the problem?
did run
- safe start-up - no change
- disk utility - all ok
- hardware test - all ok
- extended hadrware test - did not work
- activity monitor - cpu - user 16%, sstem 4%, indle 87%
- system memory (2 gb) - free 850 mb, wired 172 mb, active 970 mb, inactive 51 mb
- disk usage (185 gb) - 135 gb used - 50 gb free
what else can i do? anone encountered similar?
would truly appreciate our kind assistance
thanks a lot
ursfsta

"did try to repair disk but it allowed me only to 'verify'"
You did not follow my post.
Insert your OS installer disk and reboot while holding down the c key. Select Utilities>Disk Utilities. Then run Repair Disk on your ard drive.

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