Satellite M70 - Black screen on startup

Hi!
I've a problem with my Satellite M70-309, so for two times after Toshiba logo, Windows Xp (home sp2)doesn't start.
The result is a BLANK & BLACK SCREEN.
So I power off manually then appeared screen black where I can choose if startup normally, last good configuation etc..
What's happened?
Is a hardare problem?Because last mounth my cpu is dead I changed it.
Thank you!
(Sorry for my english I'm italian)

Hi Roks
It is not easy to say what the problem can be but I presume there is something wrong with HDD. It will be interesting what happen with new HDD.
If possible start also recovery procedure to see if the HDD will be recognized properly and if recovery procedure starts properly. Check it using expert mode installation where you have access to HDD info (partitions and so on).

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