Won't go farther than start up screen

So I installed the new update today for OSX and it said there was an error installing. I restarted my computer and now it won't go anywhere past the screen with the apple and the spinning circle.

oh my god man, thats whats happened to mine and seriously, its rather distubring, after hours of frustration of research and what not (did the install disk too, but pulled back thinking that this might be just some flimsy lil glitch) i finally gave up and decided to consult those ever "cocky know it all yourdumbimfuckincool genuises at that " whatchamacallit bar" ??? sorry bout that, its just that damnnnn, these guys are too cool for their own good..... so yeah they know whats up and they gonna be telling you what u already knew. " "back up your files and " .... stop right there champ, i said, how the **** on earth do i back up when my computer wouldn't even boot... buy an external hardrive. he suggested ... boom!... done, now i boot from the external hardrive im gonna be returning later on and right about now as we speak im restoring my fcuking uber cool macbook to its original glory and fcuking do the ever exciting updates all over again and then back. so whats its gonna be?
oh by the way im selling a used macbook black upgraded to its max. 1000.00
only 3 weeks old. email me at [email protected]
mac book 2GHz blk 2Gb ram   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   windows XP - Parallel windows

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