I can't start my MacBook in safe mode or recovery mode

I have a 2009 MacBook pro (bought in August), I am running Mavericks on it Not entirely sure the exact patch. Last night it froze up on me out of the blue. I was able to move the mouse but wasn't able to click anything, open applications or even pull up the force quit window. The cursor was replaced by the psychedelic pinwheel. I turned off my computer by holding down the power button. When I went to turn it back on the Apple logo appeared with a loading bar. After the bar was about 50% of the way through the logo and status bar were replaced by a prohibitory sign. I then tried to boot in safe mode and got the same results. I have also tried to boot from the recovery drive. I held down the option key (the cmd+R method doesn't seem to do anything) and selected the recovery drive but received the same results. I have also tried to boot up from an external harddrive with some time machine backups and received the same results. I do not have my copy of the install disc on me but waiting to borrow a copy to try and boot from the cd. I was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and what you did to resolve it. Or if anyone has any idea what the is causing the issue.
Thank you for your time. Apologies for any grammatical errors. I am typing this from my phone.

patoc4 wrote:
I do not have my copy of the install disc on me but waiting to borrow a copy to try and boot from the cd.
Note that Install DVDs are model specific so you can only use one from a MBP that is the exact model as yours. Otherwise the disk will not work. Duplicate Leopard disks may be obtained from Apple Customer service. You will have to provide them with the serial number of the MBP (on the bottom) and there is a charge.
Based on the symptoms that you describe, your internal HDD has failed and will have to be replaced.
Ciao.

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