How do I back up my computer if I can only open the restore disc

When I start my Mac book pro it shows the apple symbol with a losing bar underneath it. When the loading bar finishes the computer shuts back down. I then started my computer by first holding 'option' then pressing the power button. This brings up a screen where I can choose between two discs. One is Macintosh HD and the other is Restore- 10.8. I chose Restore -10.8 because I read that I would be able to repair my Macintosh HD disc with disc utility. So I open Restore - 10.8 then I open disc utility then I selected Macintosh HD and click repair disc. The details of the repair showed numerous issues including 'invalid leaf record count' 'missing thread record' 'Overlapped extent allocation' and then finally it said "the volume Macintosh HD could not be repaired". It said I have to backup as many files on my computer as I can, then reformat the disc. I know how to back up my computer regularly but I have no way of accessing my finder or home screen. So how do I back up my files from the Restore- 10.8 disc? Is it even possible and if not what can I do to not lose the files I haven't backed up?

If you are able to obtain an external hard drive you can format it to Mac OS Extended Journaled with a GUID partition. Then install Mac OS X onto the external hard drive and boot from it.
This will allow you to start up the computer and access your internal hard drive to copy the files manually off of it.

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Exactly what did you do?
The correct steps are
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AlaskaBreeCharlie
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http://prodesigntools.com/photoshop-elements-11-direct-download-links-pse-premiere-pre.htm l
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Please review and let us know the outcome.
Thank you.
ATR

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Apples Time Machine for backups.
For a bootable clone of your OSX either SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner.
http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Clones.html
Stefan

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what system version are you running?
what fixes have you tried?
where is you library located?
did you apply any updates or upgrades just prior to the problem occurring?
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