IMac with OS X 10.7 crashed and will not reboot

My iMac crashed and will no reboot.
I've tryed to repair the disk using my startup DVD and got a weird message
"Invalid bsd file type. The volume mac hd could not be reparred".
Can anyone please help?
Carlos

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
It means that the OS X volume is damaged. Unfortunately, the only thing you can do to repair it is erasing it, so go to Erase tab and erase the drive. Then, reinstall OS X from the DVD (you will go back to an older OS X version).
If you want to keep Lion, start in OS X Recovery, holding Command and R keys while your computer is starting, and erase the disk and install OS X from it

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