waiting to repair disk

[CrzyCanuck72]

the harddrive in my macbook is making a bit more noise than usual (i can hear it being accessed), so I ran disk utility, and it told me I need to repair the disk. I won't have access to my OS X Install disks for another week, though. Is it ok to wait that long to repair the disk, or should I take it to the Apple Store and see if they can do it there? I'm just worried it's like a ticking time bomb that won't last the week...

this is what disk utility says:

Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect block count for file gilmore.girls.714.hdtv.xvid.notv.[VTV].avi
(It should be 24004 instead of 24012)
6 %)
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
p.",0)
Checking volume information.
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.

Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit


1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair


thanks in advance

[CanadaRAM]

You can wait that long to repair it, just don't use the Mac.

If you have volume structure problems or crosslinked files, its a time bomb. You don't know when, or what data, you will lose, only that you will.

[CrzyCanuck72]

yikes...ok, well I have a Genius Bar appointment for tomorrow morning, hopefully they will be able to run disk utility to repair the disk. thanks for your help

[compuwar]

Better safe than sorry, back up your data now.

[ElectricSheep]

You can repair it if you boot into single user mode by holding down Command-S as the Mac turns on. There are a few instructions that will appear on the screen when you boot into single user mode.