10.6.5 install error (blue screen w/spinnig wheel)

I just tried to update mac os x through software update.
The macbook pro restarted ritght aay and then I when to lunch. About 1 hour later i came back and the only thing I see is a blue screen with the spinning wheel goin and going and going.. (not the beachball, but only the spinning wheel like the boot up one).
Not i am afraid to turn it off, should I wait?
I am not sure where it is in the instal process since i didnt look at it.
Any suggestions?
i need to do my mac mini after, I will not start until this one is up!

The blue screen/spinning wheel combo is what you see after the update's done and before your computer is fully done shutting down. If you don't hear hard drive activity, you're probably OK to shut it down, this can happen if a process fails to halt or something like that. Unfortunately if you've given it an hour, that's more than enough time to complete the update several times over, there's not much to do but shut it down and cross your fingers, though having had this happen to me more than once, you'll probably be a-ok.

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