Macbook Pro 2011 is stuck in startup chime

Hi my macbook pro early 2011 will not boot, after a few seconds after being switched on I get the beep and white light goes on and off. Screen stays blank.
I can feel the hd running, the fans runs normally.
Any quick fixes ?
peter

Do you have a backup?
When you start the MBP with COMMAND-R, can you get into the recovery partition? If so, have you tried opening Disk Utility>First Aid and verify and repair the HDD?
Look here for additional assistance:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5282
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