Disk Utility -Hard Drive Help

I have a question about whether my hard drive is going or if maybe Disk Utility just can't fix it and maybe there is another program that might be able to fix it.

I have a g5 iMac whose HD crashed awhile back after an Apple Update. I was able to recover everything with my external HD, but now notice that there is an issue with my HD when I run disk utility. I boot from my original install disk so that I can run the Disk Utility program properly.

When I run "Verify Disk," I get the error :

RESERVED FIELDS IN THE CATALOG RECORD HAVE INCORRECT DATA

I also get the error:

INVALID LEAF COUNT (It should be 5 instead of 236)

I then click "Repair Disk," but Disk Utility is unable to fix my second problem which I verify by rerunning "Verify Disk" and get the same problem I had before I tried to repair the volume.

Is there another program that could use to fix the Leaf Count issue or should I just go get another HD?

Thank you very much in advance for any help people can provide!

 

I wish that would fix it. I have been running Disk Utility from the Mac OS X DVD that came with the iMac and it still cannot fix the issue of the Leaf Count. I am concerned that the HD, is bad. Maybe a reformat of the HD would fix it?

Thanks for the message!

Anybody else have anyother hints or advice?

 

Thanks. I guess I should just format and reinstall.

I appreciate the help!