Imac wont start stuck on apple logo lion

imac wont start its stuck ont the apple logo with loading ring just keeps spinning im running lion its a 2009 imac

If 10.7.0 or later...
Bootup holding CMD+r, or the Option/alt key to boot from the Restore partitirion & use Disk Utility from there to Repair the Disk.
If that doesn't help Reinstall the OS.

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