Delete won't work on iphoto, and screen is freezing like a 80's computer with black and white numbers every once an a while

Hello my iphoto will not work and some times the computer screen flashes to a bunch of letters and numbers like a realy old 80's computer and frezzez!!! how can i fix this do I have to reboot my computer with operating disk? I am runing lion on a 09 macbook pro with 250 gigs and 8 gigs memorie. I do not have the operating disk so were do you buy them? I am curently travling in central america were there is no genius bar to help    can any one please help me. My friend is going to canada for a few weeks so if i order new operating disk now he can pick me one up and i can start over when he returns. also my time machine wont work it says disk needs repair...

You will likely have to repair the drive from Leopard's install disk. Hold down c key while booting and repair drive from Utilities. Directions for Pram (Ram)
Resetting PRAM and NVRAM
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
Post back with a happy computer.
Ray

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