"Verify Disk" on system drive crashes system

When I run Disk Utility's "Verify Disk" function on my system drive, it runs for about twenty seconds then my system locks up entirely. My system drive is a pair of mirrored 250Gig drives. I haven't received any warnings from the OS that either drive is malfunctioning.
Any idea what I can do to diagnose this problem?
Thanks.

GregM,
You're welcome. The beauty of the Discussions is that everybody gets to see what the issue is, with someone here being likely to have seen and successfully dealt with it before.
Regarding DiskWarrior not seeing the RAIDed drives, you might check to insure that you're using a DW version 3.0.3 (release 39) disc. Previous versions had a RAID issue, which was supposedly corrected with the latest build. Alsoft has a free updater to make a new startup disc, if this applies to you. If you're already using the version 3.0.3 disc, you might send an email to Alsoft Tech Support about it. The folks there are very knowledgeable, helpful, and responsive, typically answering within 24 hours or so.
We're glad the drive directory issue is fixed and the troublesome file is gone, especially since it is also linked to crashing issues when using CS2.
Gary
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43) 312581775         32         Sec GPT table
44) 312581807          1         Sec GPT header
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48) Starting       Ending
49) #: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start - size]
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