Wont boot past the apple logo, what do I do?!

Suddenly when I restarted my iMac, it won't boot up past the screen with the Apple logo. i have tried holding down the Option key and have gotten the screen with three thumbnails, the refresh, the picture of my HD and the right arrow, nothing works, help!

What are those 3 icons? I'm guessing one of them is "Macintosh HD." What are the other two?
You can try starting up with the Shift key held down. That will do a Safe Boot
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
which may (?) allow you to start up to the Desktop. If that works, there are a few things you can do...
I don't have the original OS install disk
It doesn't need to be the "original" installation disc. You may be able to get a Snow Leopard installation disc by calling 1-800-MY-APPLE, which is the number for the Apple Store. Snow Leopard is no longer sold from the web site, but I heard you can still order it if you call them directly and ask for it. The price should be $29 plus tax. You really need to have a disc, so you can run maintenance, and re-install the OS, if necessary.
But, I want to confirm it has Snow Leopard currently installed. I only said Snow Leopard, because your profile says "10.6.8." If that info is out-of-date and it has Mac OS X 10.7.x (Lion) installed, you don't need an installation disc.

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