Having trouble reinstalling Mac OS X

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Having trouble reinstalling Mac OS X

I am attempting to reinstall Mac OS X on a macbook with a damaged disk. When in the disk utility the option to erase the disk is unavailable. Am I supposed to have rebooted the system while holding Command + R? I have tried to boot while holding Command + R SEVERAL times, to no avail. Are certain models of macbook unable to perform this startup function??? When verifying disk, the following appears in the log:

Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”

Performing live verification.

Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.

Checking Extents Overflow file.

Checking Catalog file.

Checking multi-linked files.

Checking Catalog hierarchy.

Checking Extended Attributes file.

Checking volume bitmap.

Checking volume information.

Invalid volume file count

(It should be 560608 instead of 560636)

Invalid volume directory count

(It should be 152605 instead of 152577)

The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.

Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.

Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Feb 21, 2014 3:22 PM

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Niel

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Feb 21, 2014 3:24 PM in response to Jasongervasio1991

That finction is only available in 10.7 or newer. On Mac OS X 10.5.8, you need to insert a Mac OS X install DVD and use the Option key, or to repair the internal drive when none is available, the Shift key.

You shouldn't perform an OS installation(other than an erase and install) before repairing the disk.

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Feb 21, 2014 4:44 PM in response to Niel

So I shouldn't even bother attempting to reinstall OS X until I've repaired the disk? Would you or someone be able to just tell me step by step what my course of action should be? I'm sorry to be a bit lost, I'm unfamiliar with apple products.

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Niel

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Feb 24, 2014 4:52 PM in response to Jasongervasio1991

Click here and follow the instructions.

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