Macbook pro snow leopard early 2011 stuck on white screen

i have a macbook pro 13 inch that is stuck on the white/grey screen and instead of the apple logo there is a cancel (circle with bar through it) in place of it. any idea what's wrong with it and how to fix it?

Try these procedures:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
Ciao.

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