2007 macbook that will not start

I have a 2007 macbook that will not start.  I get the gray screen with the apple icon,  spinning circle and the process bar will move a little.  I have tried command and r keys while booting but nothing happens. can anyone help me get it started?

Hi there. First, what operating system are you running? If you have an os that is newer that Snow Leopard and need to get to the restore partition you hold down the option or option r keys on start up.  If not you need an install disk to do this. If this is not possible. http://support.apple.com/en-us/TS2570  orhttp://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203176  If you are able to use the restore option or have an install disk you can boot to you can use this to check and repair permissions or start up disk using disk utilities.

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