MacBook Pro 13 (2009) stars up with spinning wheel and status bar and then shuts off?

My 2009 MacBook Pro has been a champ. My husband upgraded the hard drive and the memory in March and it's been like a new computer. After using it at church this morning for a presentation, I came homeland turned it on. What I got was the Apple logo, a spinning wheel, and a status bar, which took many minutes to fill and then when it filled, the computer shut off. This has happened several times now. Any help available for this situation ?

Yes, in that case the dying has gone too far already.
Everything you have bought/downloaded from the appstore, you can download again on your new disk. Do not forget to make enough backups when you have the new disk.
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