HDD Recovery Mode not working

I have a Toshiba Netbook (NB205-N330BL) that will not start. It shows the Toshiba splash screen then goes directly to a command prompt screen, but will not allow you to type anything at the prompt.
I tried entering HDD recovery mode by holding down zero(0) during startup. The netbook will not go beyond the splash screen unless I release the '0' key briefly and press again, then it goes to a command prompt screen with "***** HDD RECOVERY MODE *****" displayed at the bottom of the screen, but will still not allow you to type anything at the prompt and will not respond to any other keys.
Am I doing something wrong? How do I get from there to the warning screen described in the user manual?

Hi there lsnowden!
I have a couple of articles here that I believe will help you resolve this issue with your Mac. The first article addresses a few different startup issues that can be solved by using Disk Utility, and can be found here:
Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1417
If you only get a grey screen on startup and can't get past that, then you may want to check out this article as well:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2570
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!
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