Stuck in osx utility mode after intalling maverick

I ran an update to install Maverick, shut down, then when I restarted, I was forced to the OS X Utility menu, and nothing I do gets me out of it. I have multiple Time Machine backups, but they never actually restart the machine, it just goes right back to the utility menu.
I'm currently volunteering in the middle of the Serengeti in Tanzania, so taking it to the Genius Bar is not an option. Can anyone help?
Many thanks in advance!!
Cheers,
Jennifer

Unfortunately the internal drive has malfunctioned. If you can't restore from a Time Machine backup in Recovery mode, there is probably nothing else you can do. You could try to reinstall OS X and then transfer your data in Setup Assistant, but that's a 5 GB download and is not likely to happen unless you have satellite Internet, and maybe not even then.

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