My apple mac note book laptop

my apple mac notebook  white in colour thicker looking than the newer laptops  which is running OS X Mavericks .  isnt starting up it goes from the apple logo to a blank grey screen it wont let me do anything at all with is what do i do? i really dont wanna have to replace it as i got it second hand for my birthday in april please help me i need it for assignments and i have stuff on it i cant replace

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