Macbook Pro access and privilages problem

Yesterday, without any previous warning, my Macbook Pro started giving me all sorts of problems. First, as I was trying to save files from Photoshop it gave me this error: Could not save <file name> because you do not have the necessary access privileges. Then, as I started up my Drobo it gave me this massage: MAC OS X can't repair "Drobo" You can still open or copy files on the disk, but you can't save changes to files on the disk. Back up the disk and reformat it as soon as possible. I've never had any of those messeges appear. The Drobo has become read only and I can't save anything onto it. I've tried to repair permissions with the Disk Utility and it fixed some things, but many permissions still don't match. It didn't solve the PS saving problem nor the Drobo problem. I'm a little desperate here cause I'm not that techy...

You need to copy all the files off the drive you can and then reformat the drive. Unless you have a product such as DiskWarrior, don't bother attempting to repair the drive at this point.
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