Laptop won't load OS, won't enter BIOS/Boot Menu.

I recently installed Windows 7 Professional on my Compaq CQ56 PC, on a 260Gig HHD partition. I then installed Opensuse linux on the remainind 60Gig. However half way through installation my PC ran out of power and dhut down. I tried booting and changing the Boot Device menu, so that I complete installation, but it won't allow me to go into the boot menu (simply stops on the compaq start screen - fan and cd-rom will be working.) Is there a way for me to rectify this without losing my data?

It sounds as if you were never warned to always do an OS installation or anything that has to do with partitioning while on external power. 
Please identify your notebook with more than just the model type. You have given an incomplete picture of your hardware configuration while reporting an extreme hardware/firmware issue. IT would help to remove the battery and take a look at the service tag. Please post the p/n  (product number) here in your thread
There are a few things to try.
Remove the hard disk. Connect the power adapter and press the power button. Does the BIOS screen appear and warn that it can not find a bootable disk?
If it does not, then try a hard reset.
Try a hard reset as follows:
1) Remove the battery and unplug the DC power adapter.
2) Press and hold the power button for more than fifteen seconds.
3) Plug in the DC power adapter (leave the battery out for now)
4) Press the power button
Please post your positive or negative results here in your thread.
You can put the hard disk in an external housing and connect it to another PC to  try torecover your data. What you will see will depend on the operating system of the PC that you use for data recovery.
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