REPAIR DISK button greyed out

I wanted to VERIFY a volume and received and red-letter error that the volume needed repair.
Here is the exact message:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid node structure
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
However, the REPAIR DISK button is greyed out. How can I repair this VOLUME if there is no REPAIR option?
Thanks,
Joel DuBay
Bass Traps and Acoustic Panels
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Joel,
You are probably going to find that booting to the install disk and running Disk Utility that way isn't going to help any further that "fsck" did. In fact, there is no difference between the command line "fsck" and Disk Utility's "Repair Disk" routine.
What you have is a disk error that Disk Utility cannot fix. In most cases, Disk Utility will tell you that it cannot repair a particular error, if such is the case. In rare cases (lke yours), however, Disk Utility or fsck will report that repairs were made, when in fact they were not. I recommend that you do go ahead and make the attempt, but I am betting that you find the error still exists.
Disk Warrior may have better success in making the repair, if you want to pay for it.
However, you should be aware that files are likely to have been damaged by the disk error, and even a successful repair of the file system cannot replace any data that has been lost. In other words, any critical system files that are currently damaged will remain so, and any problems you are experiencing as a result of the damaged files will still exist.
Unfortunately, the only way to fix these damaged files is to format and reinstall, preferably "zeroing" the drive in the process. Since this necessitates making a good backup first, that should be your biggest concern right now.
If you know how to go about making a comprehensive backup, and are able to do so now, that is what I recommend you do. If you have difficulty making a backup as a result of the disk error, Disk Warrior may be able to help, and it might be worth laying out the cash for it. If, however, you have no problems making a backup, Disk Warrior (and its cost) would be uneccessary, IMO.
Scott

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