

Is there also any way to move files in recovery mode through terminal, from the HD to my external hard drive. Also, the Macintosh HD is dimmed (grayish) in the left, but I can still click on it.

On a Mac with an Intel processor you need to press and hold the Command and R. So is someone able to give me step by step on how to back-up my data in my specific situation? I tired to create a New Image of "Macintosh HD" but it says "unable to create "Macintosh HD.dmg". Enter Recovery mode Foundry The process for entering Recovery mode depends on the Mac you are using. All I have is a 500 GB Seagate External hard drive for Mac, no additional Mac or time machine to back up to. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files". But then it says "Disk Utility can't repair this disk. I did the whole "Verify Disk" in the Disk Utility and it said that "The disk needs to be repaired. I want to do a reinstall of new copy of Lion but back-up my data first (there is only 50 GB). So I looked at quite a few threads but couldn't find a specific answer to my problem. Every time I start up my MacBook Pro, a loading bar comes up and then when it completes, it restarts, with the same thing, a endless cycle of loading bars. I'm not to good with computer terms or stuff like that, so please bear with me.
