Macbook Pro Start Up issue

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Macbook Pro MACOSX Snow Leopard will not start up. Goes to apple icon, wheel spins and then up come a circle with a dash.

I tried to open with Start Up Disc and repaired with Disc Utility.

Previously had this message: /LibraryExtensions/IOstorageFamily.kext 'installed improperly.'

I'm not computer savvy, so this is a stressful problem.


Days earlier I had this message: "vmwarefusion cannot sync with disc before abort.' I have the Macbook scheduled for service on this issue.

 

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