Computer is totally messed up!! HELP!!!!

Due to a 1 year old mashing my keyboard and mouse, my OS 10.4.11 and iMac G5 has totally gone bonkers. When I log in I cannot see my hard drive icon, cannot log into systems preferences, cannot see the left side navigation when I open a window, cannot do anything. Also, the navigation bar flashes constantly. I tried disk utility but it said that it failed. I cant repair anything and I was wondering if there is anything I can do bar wiping out the whole hard drive and re-installing OS X? I really need answers as I have a lot of files and pics that I need to back up and cannot due to this software mess up.
If there is no hope is there any suggestions on how to back it up to an ext. hard drive?
Thank you all in advance.
DiscoToes

You can try an Archive and Install and see if that restores your machine. And kiss the little darling and keep your computer up high .

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