Using "Bootable" - discs for HD Inspection- Disk Warrior and Drive Genius

I have a reasonably new I-Mac G-5 (i-sight) purchased in late Dec. 05. I was advised by the dealer that Disk Warrior would be a good investment - In February, I thought that I would use it to check on my HD-- This is Disk Warrior version 3.0.3 rev.39. It is bootable holding down C key after restart, but it just shows the Apple logo, spins and spins then shows a circle with a diagonal line through it. After a very long wait, I cannot get the disk to eject (just keeps spinning). Only way that I can get it out is to cut the power to the computer, restart and then eject the disk when it shows up on the desktop. I later purchased Drive Genius and it does the same thing. I have previously used Norton Utilities for years on my earlier Macs -- No problems. What's wrong?
OldProf
i Mac G-5 i sight Mac OS X (10.4.5) 1gb of memory -use HP Laserjet 1320 and Epson R300M printer

Just one thing, you say you previously used Norton Utiliities.
FYI. Norton was the industry standard when Peter Norton Owned the Co. and was excellent for OS9. The combination of Peter Norton selling to Symantic and the advent of OSX Norton is no longer the standard at which all others are judged. It has become poison to OSX.
I suggest get rid of anything you have on your computer Norton and repair permissions and see if this improves your problems.
You may have to use the Uninstaller.
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/num.nsf/docid/2003110711002611
Good Luck
Don

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