Mountain Lion Trouble with my mini

I'm trying to install ML on my late 2009 mac mini, but during the install it said my drive had some corrupt files.  I ran a verify disk wich found the following:
Incorrect number of thread records
Incorrect number of extended attributes
The volume Mac HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repai Disk.
The only problem is the repair disk premissions and repair disk are grayed out?
Any help would be appreciated.
DC

I seem to be unable to access the recovery partition.  When I boot holding command R my mini automatically goes to an install window (white window, large watermark X, blue and white bar) then I'm presented with a thumbnail of my Mac HD and when I select it it says it is unable to install from that drive.  All I've done today in this attempt to install Mountain Lion is journal my boot drive so that I could install ML properly. 
Does this make sense to you?
Thanks for your help.
DC

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