Start up goes to a black screen with a blinking underscore in the left top corner

Hello, im using a HP Pavillion Elite e9220y with Windows 7 as the OP. Last night it was working fine, but this morning i turned it on and the HP logo screen comes up and then it goes to a black screen with a white underscore blinking in the left top corner. And it stays this way. Ive tried to enter the system recovery option with pressing the correct button but it does nothing. How do i fix this issue?

Look at the directions in the last category (Standard steps to resolve most startup problems) on the page here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01884928&lc=en&cc=us&destPage=document&dlc=en&j...
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