Early 2008 iMac will not reinstall OSX or restore from backup

My system started rebooting on startup a few weeks ago.  It would eventually get so I could use it.  I backed all my important files except for some audiobooks from the library I had saved to iTunes and some archived emails on my HD.  Now, I can't get the system to reinstall OSX Mavericks or restore from Backup. They start but then reboot.  Disk utility is now showing the HD as verified.  I installed the 6GB memory pack from OWC about 3 weeks before everything started to go downhill.  I had no prior problems with the memory upgrade.  I even removed the 4 GB module.  Still no improvement.  Does anyone have any Idea how I can retrieve my audiobooks and email files and save them on my PC laptop?  Thanks!

When I try to boot up in Safe Mode, sometimes I get 3 beeps which repeat over and over.  I tried to repair disk, it said to erase the disk, format and restore from backup.  The backup stops after about 3 percent of the restore is accomplished.  I am super frustrated!!!

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