Macbook Pro wont startup

My 6 month old Macbook pro stopped working and will not restart.
I have tried to rebout the system.
Reset it
Checked the disc which was ok
I have tried to restart in safe mode - no joy
I tried to reinstal Lion but it said the disc was locked so woulndt let me.
I get to the apple on the grey backgroung with the spinny thing and a loadbar that doesnt load.
Any Ideas welcome.

I'm having the same problem. It will boot from an install disk but will freeze during installation. At one point the progress bar showed installation was complete estimated time left said -10mins and kept counting I had to stop it at -1 hour. Anyone have any idea what's wrong?

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