Laptop stuck on blue loading screen!

hi folks!
i am in serious need of HELP! any advice wud be appreciated!
I updated the software on my laptop to 10.4.9 about 3-4 days ago and it worked fine, however 2 days later my laptop crashes and then when i go to start it up again
it doesnt stop loading up -as normal it would start to load with the white screen and spinning dial, which then turns to the blue screen with dial but then it stays like this!
Ive tried attaching firewire to another mac and then using disk utillity to repair the hd, which ends with the report 2 volumes checked, 1 hdfs repaired, 1 hd cannot be repaired, so i then tried resetting the pmu, which also did nothing but reset the date and time.
Now after reading a few things on the forums ive also tried going into single user, which has not done much to the computer that i can tell to help...im really stuck peoples! save me!

My powerbook g4 was doing the exact same thing as yours for 2 days. After running the disk utility, resetting PRAM and PMU and running a hardware test with no results, I finally called Apple tech support tonight.
My computer is fixed now. The Apple tech walked me through the necessary steps in this order:
1. Reset PRAM
2. Reset PMU
3. Insert your newest OSX version installation DVD.
4. Reboot computer while holding the Option key. A screen will load with your hardrive icon and the installation DVD icon. Select the installation icon.
5. Here you will select the Disk Utility option from the menu at the top. Select your harddrive on the left and run the First Aid disk check. Let finish running.
6. Now you will reboot again while the installation DVD is still in. This time hold the "C" key while your computer boots.
7. Finally, follow the steps in this link to Archive and Install http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n107120
Again, this worked perfectly for my computer without any loss of data. I hope this helps you out. Good luck.
powerbook g4 Mac OS X (10.4)

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