Help -can't reboot after restore

My son needed to run some Microsoft CAD software on his iMac. So we successfully partitioned the hard drive, installed boot camp, and got the microsoft partition working. We then restored the mac partition from his time capsule back up. Restore appeared to be ok but then the system wouldn't reboot - just hung on grey screen and spinning wheel.
I've tried using the install disk (snow leopard) to clear the mac side of the drive and recover again with a slightly earlier back up - same result.
I've use the instal disk to do disk repair - nothing found - then did a permission repair - lots of changes. Then did disk repair again - nothing found. then rebooted holding the alt key to give me the choice between the two partitions. Again on mac side hung on grey screen and spinning wheel. Microsoft side booting fine.
I've disconnected everything and am using a wired keyboard as I read some stuff that suggested this in case a device was causing an issue.
Anybody got any ideas?

Normally it should work within 5 mins .
Try this steps
01.Remove all other devices from computer (Network cable , printer, card reader) , leave only the power cable , usb keyboard and mouse
02. restart your mac and asap and when its restart press this 4 keys from the keyboard
keys : apple(cmd) +Option (alt)+P + R.
03. your mac shoud restart in this point ,, DONT relese the keys. so this should happen again and your mac should restart 4 times continuesly. after your imac restart after 4th time you can relese the keys.
04. Then try to press the " shift" key and see if its loading the OS from safeboot
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