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Sony VGN-T250P notebook
Windows XP Professional
Kaspersky virus software

I was using this computer connected to a plasma TV and it was working fine. The computer had been on for a couple of days since I used it last. When I went to use it yesterday, it was locked. Coundn't get to Task Manager to close programs or anything else so I had to turn off power and try to restart.

Now when I power it up, the screen flashes one time but remains black except for a little color in the lower left corner. If I push cntr alt del, it tries to restart but stops at the same black screen.

Here is what I have tried:

1. Booting from a Windows bootable CD
2. Accessing bios at boot (it won't take me there)

I give up. Any help is welcome and sincerely appreciated.