Can anyone help me with this problem?

Okay, here's the deal. My girlfriend's Toshiba laptop fell off her nightstand, and took a 2.5 foot fall to her hard wooden floor. It landed on the right side, which as you all probably know has both the hard drive and DVD drive. Setting aside the fact that it happened, let me explain the dilemma.
It powers up, but won't boot windows 7. I immedately think the hard drive is f*cked, but I'm not sure. It shows the Toshiba screen for a couple seconds, where you can enter BIOS. After that, it goes to a black screen with a blinking underscore at the top left hand corner. It then stays that way indefinitely, with the underscore eventually going away to where it's nothing but a black screen (but lit up, not black like when it's turned off).
I am convinced it won't pass POST. However, I'm not sure if it's the hard drive or the DVD drive. Here's why: 
When I enter BIOS, I tried switching the primary drive check in the Boot tab, to where it checks the DVD drive first. Then when I restarted it, it would give me a message saying "drive failed to boot (dvd drive name here, can't remember off the top of my head)'". Does this mean the DVD drive is now defective, or does it fail to boot because of a lack of connection from the hard drive, which might be defective? If I keep the hard drive set as the primary drive being checked during bootup, I don't get that message.  When I see her again, I will see if I can swap out her hard drive with the one from my laptop, assuming they have the same sockets. 
I'm wondering, can a defective DVD drive keep a computer from loading the OS, or is it just the hard drive? I'm an amateur when it comes to computers, so these are the questions I don't know the answer to. One other thing to mention, is I disabled the DVD drive in BIOS, and it still wouldn't load windows 7. That's why I'm leaning towards a defective hard drive. 
But, I'm not certain. I'm at a loss as to which it could be, or if it's even one of the two drives. Any help or other recommended procedures to do an at-home diagnostics check would be greatly appreciated. The model is a Satellite a665. 
Thanks in advance, I really do appreciate any input!

Reasons for Drive Failure
Hard drives are mechanical devices with moving parts, so they are subject to expected wear and tear, and can potentially fail mechanically at any given time. But most manufacturers will label their product with an expected average lifespan (usually provided in total expected number of functioning hours). But if a part is faulty or there are some manufacturing defects, a drive's lifespan can be over in as little as a day. Other factors are primarily external in nature. Power surges can cause drive failure, as can fire or water damage, along with a number of computer viruses. Exposure to high levels of magnetism can disrupt the normal functions of a drive, along with sharp impacts. If dust gets into a drive, it can become the catalyst for an eventual failure.
You could try to boot with this. It will test your HD!
I would say your HD is toast!http://www.seagate.com/support/internal-hard-drives/consumer-electronics/ld25-series/seatools-dos-ma...
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/about_5087073_causes-hard-drive-fail.html#ixzz2aOMvlQ8w
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