MacBook Pro 13" will not shut down.

The last few times I have tried to shut down my computer, it gives me an endless blu screen with black and grey spinning wheel (the one at startup). The only way I have been able to get it to shutdown was to force a shutdown using the power button. The last time, I let it sit overnight trying to shutdown and nothing happened. Is there anything I can do?

from http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2342136&tstart=0 CMCSK Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done. Repair permissions same way.
Hope this solves your problem.

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