IMac is stuck updating to Mac OS 10.9.1!

I have a mid 2007 24" iMac and i was updating to Mac OS 10.9.1 but when I got to the rebooting part, the bar is stuck at the beginning. I don't know if I should reboot or not. PLEASE HELP!

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