Mavericks Install says failed - what do I do?

Hi, i'm very worried about loosing all my important data...
I was installing Mavericks onto my macbook and it came up with a message saying install failled because my hardrive was damaged. I then pressed continue and it then gave me a few options about what to do. I clicked on disk utility and repaired the disk successfully under the "first aid" tab and next to it is a button saying "restore". When searching for an image to restore from i can see all my files.
Should i restore from an image ( i don't fully understand how to do this btw) or is my data safe already because my disk is repaired. What do I need to do to make sure my computer goes back to normal, with all my data, i don't really care about having mavericks.
Thanks
Any help would be appreciated.

When you used Disk Utility did you first reboot the computer from your Recovery HD? From what you described it seems you did not, and if you didn't, then you could not actually repair your hard drive. May I suggest the following:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your OS X volume (usually, Macintosh HD) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Once the above is completed satisfactorily re-run the installer. It should still be in your Applications folder. Try installing again.

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