My mbp won't boot up. It froze so I had to hold the power button to shut down. Now it locks on the loading screen and freezes. Help

Can anyone help? Mbp froze and pressed power button to shutdown. Now can't reboot :(

Hi,
Also, see these Support Articles for further Information:
1) Disk Utility
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1782?viewlocale=en_US
2) Resolve Start Up Issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417
HTH,

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