My Macbook Pro is stuck on the loading screen

Hello. My Macbook Pro from late 2012 won't start up normally. It stays stuck on the loading screen with the spinning grey wheel. I reset the PRAM and it did nothing. I did Control-R and trI'd to repair/verify the disk and it said there was nothing wrong. Can anyone help?

Hi daviscouch,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
To troubleshoot this issue where your Mac will not boot past the gray screen with spinning gear, please follow the steps in the article below.
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Cheers,
Alex H.

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