Grey screen once turned on, loading bar for 20 seconds then off...help!

Every time I turn on my mac, grey screen loads, then a progress bar appears then disappears then it turns off. Any ideas??

Start with this and see if there are possible solutions for your problem:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
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