[Boot Camp] Trying to partition for Windows and progress bar remains with "Status : Idle"

I'm trying to setup WIndows using Boot camp on my iMac OS X10.7.4. It worked perfectly fine until yesterday. I don't have a OS X installation disc or something to re-install or something. But wanted to know meanwhile, if there is someone who can provide inputs on fixing this issue? I tried to do the following -
1. Repair Disc Permissions [Didn't Fix th Issue]
2. Force Quitting the Applications and Restarting [iMac did not shutdown/restart at all. Did a force reboot, still didn't work!]
3. Verifying and Repairing the Disc [No Problems Found]
Its really important for me to get this working by today!
Thanks for your patience and persistence.
kvsrkrishnan (Sivarama Krishnan)

So your problem I gather is you don't know how to use Lion Recovery Mode; don't have a TimeMachine or other backups.
Force hard shutdowns never have good outcome.
Maybe you should skip Windows native install and stick to use a VM
http://www.apple.com/support/lion/installrecovery/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
I recommend shrink Mac volume (Lion Recovery: Option "Recovery" or Command-r)
Then stretch back to full size again - after you have backups

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