Taking a stab at live help from a pro - disk volume structures

I'm taking a stab at getting some live help on an a 1-month old iMac 24". I'm using my Mac mini right now because the imac is undergoing a TechTool Deluxe Surface Scan at the moment.
Specs:
1 month old Intel iMac 24 2 GB RAM 500GB Seagate HD...
Everything's been fine. I added a firewire 800 external 500GB HD the first week, bought the registered version of Superduper, and have been making bootable images since. They work fine and the iMac is booted from it as we speak.
System froze today quitting Firefox I believe. Had to manually boot with the power switch. Got grey screen, spinning circle (NOT the colored one), nothing else.
Booted to OS X startup disk, ran disk utility, got error on disk repair. (Sorry, I don't remember what it was, but I don't think you'll need it after you hear the rest of the story).
Booted to external Firewire 800 drive, ran disk utility again, same error, wouldn't fix it.
I have Applecare on it, put Techtool Deluxe CD in, ran all the test except Surface Scan, everything passed except Volume Structure.
Told it to repair, confirmed it, Wait a few minutes and Techtool Deluxe program acts like it's working, seems to unmount the internal HD, and just quits with no error message.
bring up disk utility, same error when disk repair tried.
windowsrefugee takes deep breath
Now I reran TTD with Surface Scan checked, it's half-way through with no errors.
Keep in mind, the only problem reported by TTD is with Volume Structure but it CAN'T fix it.
Now, while it's in the middle of a surface scan that's looking good, here's my critical decision path question to any late-night guru's out there:
Should I wait til morning and call Applecare, or download Disk Warrior for $99 and fix it myself (I'm new to Macs but a DOS and Windows old-timer with a high level of expertise).
I'm boiled it down to those 2 options, simply because I don't think there is anything physically wrong with the HD, based on disk utility AND TTD telling me it's a volume structure problem (that neither one can fix).
Plus, something tells me Disk Warrior is gonna come in real handy sooner or later (looks like sooner to me
Do I have this right? What are the chances there is nothing physically wrong with the HD and what are the chances of Applecare fixing it over the phone without me having to take it to repair shop (or get a home visit if they do that-which is gonna be a hassle if I have to take in to shop as I'm disabled.
windowsrefugee inserts a big PERIOD and thanks anyone in advance for their help.
PS---I love the iMac, my Mac mini, OS X and all things Apple. My MS-based OS machines strewn all over the shop are getting very lonely for human interaction, but they're not getting any from me.

nothing wrong with HD.
I 'd suspect the third party applications. If you have the time and energy why not do a clean install and see what happens. You could run Apple Disk Utility to check that HD.
One thing in the Mac world is always check version and compatibilty with the OS system version you are running. I've run Macs since 1986 and don't use any sort of Disk Utility. No sense in it. I've owned all the ones you mentioned and still waiting for the DEFINITIVE FIX.

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