My mac wont load when I turn it on

When I turn my Macbook on all it shows is the apple sign and says its loading but doesnt load. I cannot get to my login screen and log on to my account on my Macbook and access my desktop. How do I fix this?

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Try this, start in safe mode and see if it will go. Power it off, power it on holding the shift key, continue to hold the key till you see a progress BAR, then release and see if it will finish booting. If it does login see if thigs work, then log out and try booting normally. (NOTE that this takes considerably longer,be patient)
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