Disc utility showing problems. Help pleasee?

Hi guys
Skipping all the fine details, my MBP is having insane freezing issues and I need to reinstall Lion ASAP. But I also need to backup my files since I haven't been able to backup in a month. Yet whenever I try to backup, I'm told:
The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk.
While Trying to repair my external drive thinking it was the problem initially, I verified and repaired that disc and still had the problem.
I tried verifying/repairing my permissions for my internal drive, and I get these amounts of errors:
http://i.imgur.com/r3JFY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hiQm9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EOq31.jpg
No idea what these mean.
Can you guys help me pweez!

Boot into Recovery (command-R at startup; 10.7 or later), from a local Time Machine backup volume (option key at startup; 10.7.2 or later), or from your installation disc (C key at startup; 10.6.8 or earlier.) Launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in the support article linked below, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.”
How to back up and restore your files

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g280495 wrote:
Recently, I was trying to partition my HD with Boot Camp Assistant.
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