MacBook Pro (Original) Won't Start

My friend has a MBP Original which on startup does this: Switches between light blue and mid-blue screens with a gray spinning wheel at the bottom of the mid-blue screens. Is this a hard drive problem?

can you please post how you were able to solve it? im having a similar problem.
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