Lion Software Update locked

I just downloaded the latest software updates for Lion to both the iMac and MacBook Pro(10.7.3). I got through the iMac upgrade okay, though it took about 1.5 hours I think, but the MacBook Pro one isn't going well. It was near the end of the installation "bar", I think in the last phase, for about 2-3 hours, so i figured it locked and hard powered it down. Now it's still on the initial boot screen, with the white spinning thing and nothing is happening. This has been going for about 1.5 hours. Does it just take a very long time or do I need to take some other action?
Thank you! Ron

K, I tried what Linc said, then what was suggested in the article that Hack posted.. None of it got me to a full boot and when I ran boot with CMD-V (verbose) the message was "the bootstrapper has crashed." So I tried some suggestions out there, finally went to a Repair boot, clicked Reinstall the OS (using the Internet). Everything seemed to be cooking along nicely than I suddenly noticed it had powered off long before I thought it would finish (or at least the screen was dark). Power light was off, couldn't get anything so I powered back on. It goes right into the main repair screen but when I try to click "Reinstall the OS" now, the main hard drive shows as "locked". Disk Utility shows my har drive as always, but now has added a "disk2" , which contains the "Mac OS X Base System"... is that the partial installation that failed?? What can I do to get Lion reinstalled? (Please don't mention doing a restore.. this was very bad timing).
thanks!

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