Help with 10.6.4 Archive & Install on Possibly Corrupted Hard Drive

Thanks in advance for your help. I spent a long time on the phone with tech support because my computer was slow and pinwheeling. The guy had me turn it off with the power button and now it won't reboot (even in single user, safe, or pram modes). So I am attempting to reboot from disk and try and archive and reinstall. I tried this method found here http://intlect.com/how-to-archive-and-install-os-x-snow-leopard/ but am not having success. I'm not even sure I know my user name to tell it what directory to move. Is there a way to find out my user name? Any other advice?

#1 should never be skipped: backup before beginning to install or update an operating system.
Back to Disk Utility, this time RESTORE tab.
Point the Target to an external drive volume large enough.
Source is your internal drive.
Or take that new external hard drive and set aside 50GB for an OS install and leave the rest for a backup partition.
Even if Disk Utility First Aid "passes with flying colors" that is not 100% assurance all is okay and sound. Invest in backups, 3rd party disk and system maintenance like Drive Genius 3; TechTool Pro 5.07; or best I've found is Alsoft Disk Warrior.
http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/harddrives/topic4557.html#d10aug2010
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