Macbook Air stays at starting screen

Hi, My Macbook Air won't start. It turns on, but only stays in the starting screen with the Apple logo. What's wrong? What can I do?
Thanks

To find out the version, click on the Apple menu icon, and select "about this Mac".
It should bring up a box which shows the version number.
10.7.x = Lion = Recovery Partition (built in)
10.6.x = Snow Leopard = USB Recovery Flash drive
10.5.x = Leopard = DVD System disk (will need an external DVD drive, such as Superdrive for Air)

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First, I would start off your troubleshooting by following the steps in this link:
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