Unable to repair hard drive

Disk Utility and DiskTools Pro both report that my hard drive needs repair.
However neither the install disk nor the Apple Care disk will mount nor will the computer boot from them.
Ideas anyone?
david
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          MacBook Pro 15"
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro2,2
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.33 GHz
OSX 10.4.11

Boot into single-user mode. After startup is completed you will be in command line mode and should see a prompt with a cursor positioned after it. At the prompt enter the following then press RETURN:
/sbin/fsck -fy
If you receive a message that says "***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****" then re-run the command until you receive a message that says "** The volume (name_of_volume) appears to be OK." If you re-run the command more than seven times and do not get the OK message, then the drive cannot be repaired this way. If you were successful then enter:
reboot
and press RETURN to restart the computer.

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