MacBook Pro won't go pass login screen, help?!

MacBook Pro using OS X Maverick won't go past login screen once password is entered. It looks like it wants to go to my account once I enter in my password but it never goes beyond that. The gears just continue to spin without ever actually loading my account.
I tried to boot in safe mode and even though I pushed and hold down the alt key while the computer is restarting, it just goes right to my login screen where my account picture is still in tact and I'm still holding the shift key. I've tried everything short of reinstalling from my install disk because my install disk in snowleopard. What do I do?!

Ah, I understand a bit better now.
I propose to "recover" your OSX, it will not touch your user data (but of course you have backups ).
a. Start up while holding the CMD+R keys, it should result in a window with 4 options:
first choose "Disk Utility" and click "verify disk" if it shows the disk.
If the disk verifies ok, quit the DiskUtility and choose the "Recovery" option and recover your OS.
This is a Recovery from your own disk.
b. If you will not come into this window or a. does not work as said, start up while holding CMD+R+Alt keys, this will start the same but then from internet (so you must have an internet connection).
the rest is the same.
Do you succeed to restore OSX?
Lex

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