More old problem of Imac

Recently, my Imac (2008) older would not start.  He didn't have me given all the problems for 8 years until this point.  When I hit the Start button, the apple logo would come to the top, no startup sound was made, and the computer would not clear the checkpoint and go to the office/opening computer screen.

I have tried several things and finally managed to do start pressing keys - 'control', 'option', 'P' and 'R '.

I have a backup drive, with carbon copy clone.  When the Imac has finally started up, he started a leopard instead of the Mountain Lion that I usually use.

Two questions: what caused this problem? How to return to the Cougar?

Try rebooting into the recovery Partition by pressing command + R to start. Open utility disk and depending on the version of OS X installed race a repair disk 2 or 3 times or first aid on the hard drive. If errors appear after 2-3 attempts, which confirms the HD has failed and must be replaced.

If the computer does not start in PR, which also confirms a hardware problem. Given the age of the computer, it may be best to simply replace it.

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