Disk Utility restoring a disk, What do I do?

Hi,
I had a problem with my Macbook Pro being stuck in a grey screen at start up. I've worked through available info online and I have now run my install disk. Under Disk Utility / First Aid. No problems are showing on my Mac OS X start up volume. How do I move forward now. If I restore my volume, will I wipe files that have not been backed up to Time Machine?

Pinkafeld wrote:
Hi,
I had a problem with my Macbook Pro being stuck in a grey screen at start up. I've worked through available info online and I have now run my install disk. Under Disk Utility / First Aid. No problems are showing on my Mac OS X start up volume. How do I move forward now. If I restore my volume, will I wipe files that have not been backed up to Time Machine?
YUP!
If none of the grey screen instructions are working, run the Apple Hardware Test to rule out hardware problems. Post the results.
Another possibility is that your HD is dying.
Failing Hard Drive Sounds
How to Tell When Your Hard Drive is Going to Fail
===================== http://www.macworld.com/article/2030700/mac-troubleshooting-be-prepared-for-hard -drive-failure.html
Be prepared for hard-drive failure

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Message was edited by: Randy Vose

Randy Vose wrote:
I created a sparse image backup of my MBP C2D using SuperDuper! before sending the laptop back to Apple for repair. I wiped the drive clean before shipping. I now have the laptop back and am trying to restore the sparse image to the HD.
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I started this restore last night before I checked out for the night and when I got up this morning, Disk Utility showed about 35-40% of the image had been restored and 14 HOURS were remaining. That seems a little excessive after it had already been running for well over 9 - 10 hours.
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