My MBP i7 will not boot. What gives?

Out of nowhere my MBP just stopped being able to boot. I shut it down properly (nothing unusual) and when I got back home I attempted to start it. It hung on the grey startup screen (grey w/ apple and loading bar) once it slowly loaded to about 10% of the bar. It took maybe a minute in total.. Then it just turned off.
I tried rebooting w & wo power connected, reset the pram, then tried to boot to the hardware disk. I got to a blue screen w/ a "hit 'T" or "click test" to start test. Started test. Got to about 10% again... And nothing... For five minutes.
I've had no issues until now. What else can I do?

I should have clarified... Does anyone have useful information on things I can do?

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