My mac book air wont stop showing the rainbow circle. i allready **** ot down 15 times and because the circle wont stop showing

i need urgently help, i try to repair the disc, or get the actualization of the software but the circle still shows and doesnt dissapear!!

Useful article here on the causes of the Spinning Beach Ball and how to troubleshoot it:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9177479/Troubleshoot_the_spinning_beach_b all?taxonomyId=89&pageNumber=1
and also this:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html

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The answer depends on a number of factors, such as the following:
If you have more than one email account, does this problem affect one, some, or all of your accounts?
Where did you last see this mail -- in your Inbox(es)? in some other folder(s) outside your Inbox(es)? somewhere else?
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How are you reading email -- with the builtin Mail application? with some other mail-reading application? with a web browser?
How do you access your email on the server -- IMAP? POP? Exchange? web browser? other?
What version of OS X is on your new computer -- Mavericks (10.9.x)? Mountain Lion (10.8.x)?
Did you migrate your data and applications from your old computer when you set up your new computer?
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hi
i'm french
i need your help please
my mac book air 2009 wont start
when i push the start knob the apple appears, the circle turn and a few second after it shut down
when i start with T it wont to be used in harddrive mode
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i dont know what to do
please help
all the best
peace
jm

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