On startup, my MacBook Pro just dies.

It will turn on and go to the screen with the apple and spinning wheel thing and then the bar will start loading underneath and when it is almost done loading, it shuts down every time. Anyone know what's wrong with it?

OS X v10.6- Gray progress bar appears under Apple logo during startup
Consider reinstalling OS X.

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