How do i back up what i can to a external hardrive after im in the disk utility?

my mac wont boot, its a 08 i believe, 2.88 ghz dual core, 500 gb hard drive, has always been fast and reliable. i have been running osx lion since it basically came out, with no troubles. now it wont boot, im getting the apple logo with the loading bar, not loading at all. fine. im in disk utilities and now i have a external hardrive. i have about 3000 songs, and microsoft office 11. just the programs. a few docs would be nice to keep, but the music and movie files are all i really want. music especially. how do i load them onto the hardrive?

matt8696 wrote:
im in disk utilities and now i have a external hardrive.
Format the blank external drive in Disk Utility
erase>Security Option> Zero all data and wait
partition tab, click big box, 1 partition, option GUID, format OS X Extended Journaled, MacIntosh HD and click Apply.
Quit DU and install Lion on the external drive, you will need your AppleID and password.
Once finished, reboot and hold the option key down, boot off the external drive, go through setup and use the same user name as before.
Access the internal and retrieve your files to the external, disconnect/reboot.
At this point you can hold command r and reboot and use Lion Recovery to Erase (Zero) the internal Lion OS X partition and reinstall Lion again onto the Lion OS X Partition from Apple's servers. Install all your programs from fresh sources and files from the external drive.
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