Finder" disappears, can't restart.  MacBook Air

Hi Folks:
I tried to connect my 2013 Macbook Air to a remote disk this am.  I saw the disk but not the files on the disk.  When I went back to my Macbook Air the finder was hung up.  When I restared Finder under the Force Quit menu the finder bar disappears.  I can not open a Finder window from the dock.  When I hold the buton down to cold restart i get a message" your computer is restarting"
Can anybody pls help gt Finder back?
Thank you!
Chip

Can't Restart or Shut Down from Apple menu.
Use your power button to shut down. 
Disconnect all peripherals from your computer.
Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751 and restart your computer.

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