Help, macbook pro 2009 model hung on yesterdays update

Yesterday I updated with the new system. My macbook pro 2009 model took a long time to download the system update, then did the restart and install but has hung on restarting again. It started up, got to my desktop but hasn't loaded icons or application bar. I have the spinning beachball of death! What can I do to fix it?
Lana

Applelover162000,
if the problem is unrepairable, then you’ll need to completely erase your internal disk, reïnstall the version of OS X that’s on your grey Mac OS X Install DVD, and run Software Update to get it up to date in that version. If that takes you to Snow Leopard 10.6.8, then you can redownload and reïnstall Mavericks. If that doesn’t take you to Snow Leopard 10.6.8, then you’ll need to reïnstall Snow Leopard from the white retail DVD and run Software Update to get you to 10.6.8, at which point Mavericks can be redownloaded and reïnstalled. Once you’ve run Software Update from Mavericks, you can restore from your internal disk’s latest backup..
If you don’t have a backup of your internal disk, and you’d like to try to save any files on it, there are two ways to try making one at this point: one is by booting from an external bootable disk, and the other is by starting your MacBook Pro in Target Disk mode so that another Mac can treat your MacBook Pro as an external disk. In either case, you’ll need to copy whatever files are salvageable from your internal disk to the system which you’re booting from. Once you’ve got Mavericks reïnstalled, I’d highly recommend purchasing an external disk to use as a Time Machine backup destination.

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