Start-up Disc Corrupted all the time

Start-up Disc Corrupted all the time
MacBook Pro early 2008 running 10.6.4 and Windows 7.
My MBP, early 2008, 2.5 GHz, 4GB Memory, HARD Disc 250 GB Hitachi (HTS 542525K9SA00) needs disc repair and erase and reinstall ever 5 days or so. This problem started in 10.6.3 and is continuing in 10.6.4. Which was updated by combo 10.6.4 and backed up with time capsule/time machine.
Even though it will not start up on Mac 10.6.4 it will still boot up on Windows 7. It will also boot up with the Snow leopard disc and repair. However some times even after the repair it will not boot up and I have to reinstall 10.6 + about 5 times
I have completely erased and zeroed out and reinstalled twice but I still get the problem about 4 days later. This was necessary because even though the disc was repaired successfully it would still not boot up.
In reading about Resolving Disk Corruption at http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/repairprocess.html#Anchor-Using-47857
The article suggests that a 'Bad Sectors' can cause this problem and suggest a complete zeroed out rein install, which I have done, They also recommend the purchase of DiskWarrior or TechTool Pro. Both are around US$95 on line. Which one is the best to purchase?? They say that TechTool Pro can identify a 'Bad Sector'
The article also suggested Bad sectors can be an early indication of a hard drive that will eventually need to be replaced.
I have now order a new 320 GB Hitachi HB from USA and it will take about 14 days to arrive. I have also completely erased and reinstalled again, but this time I have not reinstalled window 7.
I have also reset the power and PRAM a number of times but it made no difference to the problem.
I have not shut down the MacBook and I am leaving it in sleep mode as the problem really only seems to come about when the MacBook has been shutdown for a day or two.
I am quite sick of reinstalling. Has anyone else had this problem and is it my HD or software issue???
I have also reset the power and PRAM a number of times but it made no difference to the problem.
Best Regards Peterbill

Gurus - Can you please advice on this. Basically have developed a form and couple of users want to access that but get error " page cannot be displayed" and I figured out the "Start OC4J instance" windows gets closed automatically after some hours.
so I wanted this OC4J instance to run 24*7 ( always) without closing by itself. Please advice how could I do that.
Thanks
Sheik

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