Unable to boot from install disc to repair volume

Hi
Recently ran Onyx which told me the volume needs to be repaired (my Macbook has otherwise pretty much been running fine, perhaps a little slow on startup but no major issues). Not very clued up on using Macs sadly so did a little googling about how to go about this.
Am I right in thinking that I definitely need to repair this even though things appear to be running alright? If so, do I do this by booting from the install disc?
I attempted to boot my Macbook from the install disc to run a repair but I just can't seem to get this working! I put the disc in, restart the machine and hold C, but the mac seems to just boot up as normal. Am I doing this incorrectly?
Any help is appreciated, like I say I'm pretty hopeless!

dellywoo wrote:
Hi
Hi, and welcome to the forums.
Am I right in thinking that I definitely need to repair this even though things appear to be running alright?
Yes.
If so, do I do this by booting from the install disc?
Yes.
I attempted to boot my Macbook from the install disc to run a repair but I just can't seem to get this working! I put the disc in, restart the machine and hold C, but the mac seems to just boot up as normal. Am I doing this incorrectly?
Perhaps. See #6 in [Formatting, Partitioning, Verifying, and Repairing Disks|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/DU.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Using Snow Leopard+ forum), especially the yellow box there.

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