Apache continually attempting to launch on its own

I had been trying to get Web Services to launch, and it continually fails to do so. I went and checked the logs, and have the following repeating itself over and over.
7/22/09 2:05:43 PM org.apache.httpd[29752] (2)No such file or directory: httpd: could not open error log file /var/log/apache2/error_log.
7/22/09 2:05:43 PM org.apache.httpd[29752] Unable to open logs
7/22/09 2:05:43 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.apache.httpd[29752]) Exited with exit code: 1
7/22/09 2:05:43 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.apache.httpd) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] Traceback (most recent call last):
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] File "/usr/share/caldavd/bin/twistd", line 21, in <module>
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] run()
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 27, in run
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] app.run(runApp, ServerOptions)
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 379, in run
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] runApp(config)
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 23, in runApp
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] _SomeApplicationRunner(config).run()
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 156, in run
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] self.preApplication()
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistdunix.py", line 203, in preApplication
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] self.config['prefix'], self.config['nodaemon'])
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistdunix.py", line 113, in startLogging
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] logFile = app.getLogFile(logfilename or 'twistd.log')
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 410, in getLogFile
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] os.path.dirname(logPath))
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 113, in _init_
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] BaseLogFile._init_(self, name, directory, defaultMode)
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] File "/usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 26, in _init_
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] assert os.path.isdir(self.directory)
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.wikid[29753] AssertionError
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.wikid[29753]) Exited with exit code: 1
7/22/09 2:05:50 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.wikid) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
7/22/09 2:05:53 PM org.apache.httpd[29754] (2)No such file or directory: httpd: could not open error log file /var/log/apache2/error_log.
7/22/09 2:05:53 PM org.apache.httpd[29754] Unable to open logs
Why is this running? I have removed Web Services from the Administration services and have rebooted. I just don't know how to stop this process.

I am only somewhat familiar with using the terminal, so I am not sure what the "la -la" command is, but it would not be accepted, as you can see by the transcript below. I think I got the gist of what to do, so I used the ls -l command, and got the following:
fileserver:~ matt$ la -la /private/var/log/apache2
-bash: la: command not found
fileserver:~ matt$ ls -l /private/var/log/apache2
ls: /private/var/log/apache2: No such file or directory
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1474 Jul 21 17:52 SerialNumberSupport.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jun 3 20:59 alf.log
drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 374 Jul 22 17:10 asl
drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 Jul 18 03:57 cups
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 83035 Jul 22 03:15 daily.out
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 7920 Jul 22 03:15 diskspacemonitor.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 50222 Jul 22 12:37 fsck_hfs.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 11596 Jul 21 17:45 hwmond.log
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 61558 Jul 22 05:46 install.log
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 10092 Jul 11 20:00 install.log.0.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 16010 Jul 3 12:00 install.log.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 1800 Jul 21 17:45 ipfw.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 172 Jul 1 05:30 monthly.out
-rw------- 1 root admin 78321 Jul 21 17:58 secure.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1461 Jul 21 17:45 servermgrd.log
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 18021220 Jul 22 17:11 system.log
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 667461 Jul 22 00:00 system.log.0.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 711604 Jul 21 00:00 system.log.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 644072 Jul 20 00:00 system.log.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 645493 Jul 19 00:00 system.log.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 645261 Jul 18 00:00 system.log.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 645369 Jul 17 00:00 system.log.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 648227 Jul 16 00:00 system.log.6.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 652358 Jul 15 00:00 system.log.7.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1946 Jul 18 03:16 weekly.out
-rw-r----- 1 root admin 65462 Jul 22 14:30 windowserver.log
fileserver:~ matt$
So there is no apache2 directory, not any corresponding log files. Now I had done a clean install of the OS about a month ago, and I am pretty sure I have not deleted any files.
The only apache2 directories I have are located under /etc and /libexec.

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I don't know what that means or if that is useful info to help solve my problem? I just want to know what I can do to make my mac go back to normal!
I ran Etrecheck:
Hardware Information:
    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,2
    1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
    4 GB RAM
Video Information:
    AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB
    Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
System Software:
    Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 0 days 0:24:42
Disk Information:
    Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 disk0 : (465.76 GB)
        (null) (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 465.44 GB (229.26 GB free)
    MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
    Apple, Inc. MacBook Pro
Kernel Extensions:
    com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal    (8.0.3f1)
    com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard    (5.7.2)
Startup Items:
    DigidesignLoader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader
    M-AudioFastTrack: Path: /Library/StartupItems/M-AudioFastTrack
    PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
Problem System Launch Daemons:
    [System]    org.samba.winbindd.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Daemons:
    [System]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
    [System]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
    [System]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
    [System]    org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist 3rd-Party support link
    [System]    PACESupport.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
    [System]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
    [System]    com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist 3rd-Party support link
    [System]    com.m-audio.mobilepremkii.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
    [not loaded]    com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
    [not loaded]    com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist 3rd-Party support link
    [not loaded]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
    Flux
    iTunesHelper
    RescueTime
Internet Plug-ins:
    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
    nplastpass: Version: 2.5.5 3rd-Party support link
    Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 3.5.2f2 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
    RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.6.6
    Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.2.4.18058 3rd-Party support link
    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.1 3rd-Party support link
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.7
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 13.9.8 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
iTunes Plug-ins:
    Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.2
3rd Party Preference Panes:
    Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
    Growl 3rd-Party support link
    M-AudioFastTrack 3rd-Party support link
    M-Audio MobilePre 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
    None
Time Machine:
    Time Machine information requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or later.
Top Processes by CPU:
         5%    firefox
         3%    EtreCheck
         2%    WindowServer
         2%    hidd
         1%    mds
Top Processes by Memory:
    545 MB    firefox
    74 MB    mds
    57 MB    WindowServer
    41 MB    Mail
    41 MB    Finder
Virtual Memory Information:
    1.88 GB    Free RAM
    818 MB    Active RAM
    458 MB    Inactive RAM
    880 MB    Wired RAM
    190 MB    Page-ins
    0 B    Page-outs

Eric - I dont understand how I'd use caffeinate. I am not running any code or particular script. My system goes to sleep if surfing the web, or running Word or Excel, etc.
Or.. Are you saying I should go through and type 'caffeinate X' for all of my applications?

Computer restarts on its own, help!

Hey all, perhaps this isn't the right place in the forums, but I just don't know where else to go. My computer just in the past 24hours has been restarting on its own saying 'Your computer was restarted because of problems' or something along those lines. From what I've gathered online this may indicate a kernal panic, but I just don't understand on those other sites how you go about solving this problem or even what it means fully. Is there something I can do on my own, or do I have to bring it into the mac store? Please help me if you can, I am not very tech savvy but I will try to do my best to save my mac. It is a new macbook pro retina display and I just don't understand what could have happend. If it helps I am going to copy the specs below, and thank you anyone who takes the time to help me with this problem (sry i know there is a LOT of text below):
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 777 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          2
Anonymous UUID:                    2F6721CB-DBCC-4074-860B-C53D747796EF
Fri Sep 21 20:07:01 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002c4794): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f823ea9b1, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00000000feedbef7, CR3: 0x0000000139cfe055, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
RAX: 0xffffff7f823eaa84, RBX: 0x0000000000000077, RCX: 0x00000000feedbeef, RDX: 0x000000000063b79a
RSP: 0xffffff80e41a39b0, RBP: 0xffffff80e41a39c0, RSI: 0xffffff80161c1200, RDI: 0xffffff80160c8000
R8: 0xffffff80e45e57a0, R9: 0xffffff8017a0f018, R10: 0xffffff7f823ebe6c, R11: 0xffffff801af235e8
R12: 0xffffff801b8c6c88, R13: 0xffffff80160c8000, R14: 0xffffff80d39ef000, R15: 0xffffff80160c8000
RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff7f823ea9b1, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
CR2: 0x00000000feedbef7, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Faulting CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80e41a3660 : 0xffffff8000220792
0xffffff80e41a36e0 : 0xffffff80002c4794
0xffffff80e41a3890 : 0xffffff80002da55d
0xffffff80e41a38b0 : 0xffffff7f823ea9b1
0xffffff80e41a39c0 : 0xffffff7f823eef7d
0xffffff80e41a3b00 : 0xffffff7f823ebed4
0xffffff80e41a3b60 : 0xffffff800065593e
0xffffff80e41a3b80 : 0xffffff800065621a
0xffffff80e41a3be0 : 0xffffff80006569bb
0xffffff80e41a3d20 : 0xffffff80002a3f08
0xffffff80e41a3e20 : 0xffffff8000223096
0xffffff80e41a3e50 : 0xffffff80002148a9
0xffffff80e41a3eb0 : 0xffffff800021bbd8
0xffffff80e41a3f10 : 0xffffff80002af140
0xffffff80e41a3fb0 : 0xffffff80002dab5e
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000Graphics(7.2.8)[6B02D782-A79F-399C-81FD-353EBF F2AB81]@0xffffff7f823e2000->0xffffff7f82448fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7)[C0404427-3360-36B4-B483-3C9F0C54A3CA]@0xffffff 7f80829000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.4)[474FE7E9-5C79-3AA4-830F-262DF4B6B544]@0xff ffff7f8088d000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.4)[EF26EBCF-7CF9-3FC7-B9AD-6C0C27B89B2B]@0 xffffff7f80854000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Google Chrome He
Mac OS version:
11E2620
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.2: Wed May 30 20:13:51 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.31.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 25EC645A-8793-3201-8D0A-23EA280EC755
System model name: MacBookPro10,1 (Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 4625480917057
last loaded kext at 8024427399: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0 (addr 0xffffff7f82506000, size 28672)
last unloaded kext at 152847411245: com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.1b1 (addr 0xffffff7f818e9000, size 20480)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.69
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler          2.0.5d3
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim          5.0.0d8
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.2.3f13
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.2.3f13
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.9
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.59
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC          5.0.0d8
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.GeForce          7.2.8
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.7f2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.1d2
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver          1.2.3
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.1.32
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl          3.1.32
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.33
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000Graphics          7.2.8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri          7.2.8
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController          4.0.7f2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          227.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          227.6
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          33
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.0.4
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          560.7.21
com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC          1.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.0.8
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.0.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI          1.0.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          195.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          3.2.30
com.apple.security.quarantine          1.3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          195.0.0
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.2.1
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.2.3f13
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          80.0.2
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.6fc18
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.2.3f13
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.2.3f13
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.1.32
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin          5.1.1d6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.3d10
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.1.1d6
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
com.apple.nvidia.nvGK100hal          7.2.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
com.apple.NVDAResman          7.2.8
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.4
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController          4.0.7f2
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.7f2
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter          1.8.4
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily          1.8.4
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter          1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          230.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.0.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI          1.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily          2.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          420.3
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.0.8
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.0.8
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          177.5
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          331.7
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.7.2
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.18
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.5
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
Model: MacBookPro10,1, BootROM MBP101.00EE.B00, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.3 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.3f32
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, PCIe, 1024 MB
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533642465238432D50422020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533642465238432D50422020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xEF), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.198.19.21)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.7f2, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM256E, 251 GB
USB Device: hub_device, 0x8087 (Intel Corporation), 0x0024, 0x1a100000 / 2
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), apple_vendor_id, 0x8510, 0x1a110000 / 3
USB Device: hub_device, 0x8087 (Intel Corporation), 0x0024, 0x1d100000 / 2
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2512, 0x1d180000 / 3
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0262, 0x1d182000 / 5
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x1d181000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8286, 0x1d181300 / 7

Disconnect all third-party peripherals. Quit all active applications. Do the following:
Reinstalling Lion/Mountain Lion Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

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