Progress bar at startup, then shuts down immediately, during progress bar

It started when my iMac started running a little slower then usual, so i decided to restart it just incase something wasnt working properly,
then when the startup apple came up a grey progress bar comes up underneath, loads to approximately 15% then restarts the progress bar,
and then the whole system shuts down.
Any ideas on what to do? Or just get apple to check it out?

WorriedUser wrote:
Yes, i already read this, but the problem is, it wont turn on at all, it gets to the startup then shuts down after the progress bar is no more then 10-15%
OK, then it's time to take it in to have it serviced at an Apple Store or AASP.

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