Won't boot and stuck at white screen.

I've got a late 2009 model MacBook, and it won't start up. It shows the folder with the question mark. I've performed all tests provided by Apple in the manual, but cannot get any farther than the white screen. Takes forever to show the folder with question mark also.
Things I've tried:
- Reset by holding power button for 5 seconds.
     When I did this, I got the apple to pop up, but after a couple of minutes it changed to a circle with a dash through it. Not sure what that meant.
- Reset the PRAM
     After this, I saw the Apple logo, then the little loading circle popped up (this went on for quite a while).
- Hardware Test
     Selected the language, and then got an alert that said "Apple Hardware Test does not support this machine." Restarted the computer and got the white      screen with the circle with a line through it.
- Holding down the C key during startup.
     Got a blank white screen. Nothing happened.
- Rebooting into Safe Mode
     Saw the Apple logo, then waited for about 5 min, then the computer restarted itself.
The major problem I'm having is that with all of these options I don't get anywhere besides on this white screen. No options are available to choose, so I can't back anything up, select disks to use, etc.

The hardware test finally worked. It's running and I am performing the extended test now. The initial hardware test concluded no issues. Extended test came up with nothing. Memory isn't full. No clue what's going on.

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