Macbook Pro corrupt drive repair using cmd-R?

Disk Utility said my mac hard drive was corrupt, and to restart while holding down cmd-R util the Apple icon showed.  I did this, and the Apple converted to a circle with a slash thru it, with a spinwheel indicating activity below it.  This was about 4 hours ago, and it's still "working".  Only I'm not sure it is not hung instead, as I have the fastest connections, chips, etc and 4 hours is a LONG time...what should I do?  Thanks!

Your hard drive is indeed corrupt as you can't even boot into Lion Recovery
Reboot and get into OS X Lion as SOON as possible and connect a powered external drive and copy off your Users folders.
your entire hard drive is about to DIE!
Not a Joke!
If under warranty/AppleCare call them for appointment.
If your out of care of any kind you can replace the hard drive yourself and buy a new copy of Lion USB from Apple for $69.
Video's how too here
http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/

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