Dell D610 won't boot

I have a Dell D610 laptop that will not boot. I can get to the Dell screen where I have the option to press F2 to enter setup or F12 to choose a one time boot request. No matter which one I push all it does is goes to a black screen with a flashing cursor in the upper left hand corner. I haven't done any hardware swapping yet, just wanted to know if anyone has ever seen this issue before and what they might have done to fix such issue.

Thanks

Rez

 

A flashing cursor is usually an mbr problem.
If you choose CD with a boot CD (such as an installation disc) in the drive does it do the same thing?

 

Disregard! I figured it out everything is working fine!

 

Tell us the answer--we're bored!

 

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