Mbp 15" won't start up

My MBP 15" won't start up. It will goes untill apple logo & the spinning wheel.. After a long while apple logo disappear & changed into    with spinning wheel still present.. Attempt at command R or start up pressing D brings no result. Also tried pressing shift key at start up with no result. What possibly can be happening to my MBP.. Please help resolve.. Thank you.

Hari hunter,
did you rename your recovery partition on your MacBook Pro’s internal disk? By default it is named “Recovery HD”, but apparently yours is called “Recovery -10.9”?
If your 15-inch Early 2011 model originally came with Snow Leopard installed, then it also came with two grey installation DVDs in the box. Do you still have these grey DVDs? If so, one of them can be used to try a fix for the start-up problem.

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