MBP wont go past apple logo/ wont reinstall ML via OS X utility HELP!!

I recently upgraded to ML a few days again and my MBP appeared to be operating just fine, never had a single issue with this machine until now, my laptop was on sleep mode I simply entered my password and it froze kept spinning loading for a while I restarted it and this is where it started it just wont go past the apple logo it just spins, I tried booting up from my HD and Recovery HD i started disk utility  did verify disk, repair disk, it says my HD appears to be ok, but when I verify disk/repair it did give me some type of error message, I tried reinstalling ML via OS X utility  i accepted the terms put in my apple ID + password hit ok and  I get an error message saying close this application and try again I've done that a few times and it's just not working I also tried restarting while holding the command+S and I typed fsck -fy  it ran a few prompts and said HD appears to be ok... what do I need to do here? I didn't back up any of my files.....
its a 2009 Model
2.53 GHz
250GB
Thanks in Advance !

I have a similar problem, when I start my MacBook (I bought it early 2009 and runs Mountain Lion) it gives me the option to select the user but even when the cursor moves I am not able to select any user to go on. So I am not able to log in. And my DVD drive doesn't work (this problem is not new).
So if you find and answer, please let me know.
Thanks and good luck.

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