Blank screen with underline in upper left hand corner

[rod toth]

Blank screen with underline in upper left hand corner. nothing else. nada. the only response I get is ctrl +alt+ delete, the red compaq logo comes on, then back to the underscore. nothng is responsive. If I hold down ctrl +alt+ delete an dhit any key I get a morse code bing.

Help!!! Had by HAL!!!!

 

[willard]

Something is going wrong when it's trying to boot the operating system. Do you have a Windows disc you can try booting into to do a repair?

 

[das_stig]

No boot sector found, hdd failed or cable has come loose.