Lumia 520 Unable find bootable option. Press any Key to shut down

I am facing this error on my Lumia 520 phone it suddenly went blank & a message is popping up "Unable to find bootable option. Press any Key to shut down" Please help what is this issue.

Ok, So even I had a Lumia 520 in India. Got the same error randomly one morning. Tried reflashing using Nokia Software Recovery tool and it doesnt work. So it IS a hardware failure and according to me it a sector of the memory has failed. I went to the
Nokia Care (out of warranty) and the guy there said that it would cost me INR 3600 (~$60). What the hell? I paid 120 for the phone and half the price for the repair? But if you are IN warranty, then you are lucky. Just send it to Nokia and they will fix it
for free. It is a hardware failure and you can do literally nothing at home. Just try the Nokia Software Recovery tool once, though it is a big download of 1.5GB

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