Boot Problems for a205 s5879

My Toshiba a205 - s5879 will not boot up.  It opens with the Toshiba logo screen  that says Toshiba Leading Innovation and the bottom says press f2 for setup and f12 for boot selection menu.  It will not go past this screen.  I have already tried all of the battery stuff on all of the forums.  I have a  Vista boot recovery disk and it doesn't do anything either.  I can hit f2 or f12, but it doen't do anything either.  Is there any solution?  I am desperate.  My business depends on this. 

Hello, Have you tried holding the Zero Key while booting. This will bring up the recovery menu and this may be your last option. If it works you may look Here on how to complete this process. Refer to page 61.
I am a student at DeVry University

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