When verfying my HD, it tells me the disk needs repaired. HELP! Can I just put a fresh version of Mavericks on? I've backed up most of what I need.

Any tips on what I need? Do I need to fix my HD problem first, then do a clean install of Mavericks? I'm currently running 10.8.5
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Try to repair the hard drive. Hold Command and R keys while your Mac is starting, open Disk Utility, choose Macintosh HD in the sidebar and repair the drive. If it can't be repaired, erase it and reinstall OS X, and if you can't erase the hard drive, it's damaged.
In case it's damaged, you have to replace the hard drive. Any 2'5" SATA hard drive should work.
You have to repair the hard drive first before installing OS X Mavericks, as it would make the hard drive unusable if you upgrade first

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