How to get pass login after reinstalling snow leopard

I tried unsuccessfully to upgrade to maverick and got an error message stating that the Macintosh HD disk is damaged and to erase the disk and try to install again.  I did erase the Macintosh HD disk, reinstalled snow leopard because I have a mid 2010-2011 iMac and reset my password.  I was successful  but a lot of the icons were missing and did a software update. I ran into problems when I downloaded some software updates and the computer re- booted and now I can't get pass the login screen.  Every time I put in my password, the computer accepts the password and I think it is going to bring up the desktop but it just go back to the login screen.  I really don't know how to solve this problem, so I'm hoping someone could tell me what to do.

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