Help! needed with new mac

Just got a new iMac today. Got it all set up and was running great, but somehow I couldn't remember my administrator password. Followed directions to reset it via the install disk. After I did this, now computer wont restart. It just goes to white sceen with wheel turning below apple logo. I have tried to reboot by powering up while holding down option key. Then clicking on hard drive symbol that pops up...but still nothing. Now the last time I tried it, when computer restarted, it made a funny audio tone before the normal start up sound. Any ideas?

Go up to the menu bar and select Utilities!
For repair:
http://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=3810
For setting new password choose Reset Password:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306508

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