Please advise on startup failure

When I try to start my macbook pro, a gray screen appears and I hear a weak whirr from the hard drive, then a pause, then another whirr, etc.  Holding SHIFT or COMMAND OPTION P R while pushing power do not help.  I do not get the apple logo.  Is this likelty a hard drive failure?  Is there anything else I can try?
p.s. Just guessing about the OS.

Thanks for the comment.  It seems there is nothing that can be done other than a hard drive replacement.

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    OS X Lion unavailable on line in APP store, please advise!
    Hi .. In order to reinstall Lion, you need to use internet recovery, not re download from the App Store. Startup your Mac while holding down the Command + R keys. From there you should be able to access the built in utilities to reinstall OS X (Lion) using OS X Recovery
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