MacBook pro not booting up

[bored911]

Hey guys. So my early 2008 mbp was acting a little funky (very slow, refusing to launch any apps,) so I decided to to reset the pram nvram and smc. Then when the computer went to reboot, it would not boot past the apple logo. It does recognize the drive, as when I hold down option it shows my hard drive but it just won't boot to it. What should I do?

 

[GGJstudios]

http://guides.macrumors.com/Mac_doesn't_boot

 

[mrsir2009]

Read this guide, it has most of the common stuff that keeps your Mac from booting: http://guides.macrumors.com/Mac_doesn't_boot

 

[bored911]

Thanks for the guides. Brought it into apple but the drive is dead. Looks like it's recovory time.

 

[dsprimal]

hope everything works out!