Simple answer needed to complex question

I said "simple" because, although a Mac user for many years, I have no knowledge of the tech angle (which gets me in trouble regularly.)
In the last few days, my Safari started getting very slow on my iMac. I searched the forums and saw a suggestion that I discard a couple of files as well as "start in a safe mode" which required I do a restart with the shift key depressed.
Here is where the strangeness began. Upon a restart after the safe mode, it would fire up, then after a minute or so, it would shut down. This happened a number of times.
This is what I did: I started from my install disk and it fired up fine. I ran Disk Warrior and it resolved some issues, but said I had problems that could not be corrected.
I had installed Application Enhancer a week or so ago and had no problems with the restart.
Yes, I do have a number of 3rd party things, but have not suffered the failure to start that I now have.
I guess my question is this: Have I done something that cannot be undone by starting in "Safe Mode" and if so, how do I undo what has been done? Also, what is safe mode and could it have corrupted something?
By the way, I do not shut down any more or restart. I just let it sleep so that it will continue to run.
Please, any suggestions (other than the obvious "reinstall Leopard") would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

Which iMac do you have (would be helpful if you updated your signature)?
I just recently read a post where several people had major problems with Applications Enhancer and needed to uninstall that app to get rid of the problems.
When you ran Disk Warrior, what exactly did it fix and what were the problems that could not be resolved? Can you post or copy the screenshots/messages?
Here's a link to the Apple article explaining safe mode:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564?viewlocale=en_US

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