Macbook Pro "freezes" on Start up and Beeps - HELP!

I have a brand new Macbook Pro (Christmas 2011), and today it was installing updates. It stated that it needed to restart to complete the updates, so I confirmed it. It shut down fine, but then didn't start up again on it's own. I waited for about an hour before manually starting the computer by pressing the power button. It did the opening chime and then the logo screen came up, but then it started a series of beeps (beep, beep, beep-------beep, beep, beep-------beep, beep, beep, etc.) along with accompying blinking bqattery light (it is fully charged). It froze on the logo screen and continued to beep for a half an hour before I forced it to shut down (control+command+power button). I tried restarting it in safe mode (holding the shift button down during startup), but it only resulted in the computer freezing on the logo screen for about five minutes before shutting itself off (no beeping or light that time, though). I went through my instruction manual as well as online searches to see if maybe I could somehow restore the computer to factory settings and I CAN get it to get into the Disk Utility section (holding down the option button during startup), but I'm absolutely terrified of erasing something I shouldn't, or have it all be for naught.
So, what's my best bet here? Is there a way I can fix this, at home and safely, or should I get my warrantee out and take it back to the store (Best Buy) and let them try to fix it?
Desperate for help,
Vanessa

It is better to take the MBP back to the store. They may be able to help you.
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