Toshiba L505D S6947 Won't Boot

I can get it to the screen where the curser just blinks and we don't get past that. Can anyone help me out. The curser is blinking but nothing past that. I have tried holding 0 and got nowhere. Tried doing F2 and F12 got no where. Is my toshiba junk or what am I to do? Any ideas.

Try this. Turn off your laptop, unplug all wires, remove the battery, and hold the power button for thirty seconds. Afterwards, reattach the battery and connections.
Also, when you tried the 0-key method, you continued to hold the '0' key down after pressing the power button, right? It needs to be held down until the recovery utility loads (if you've held it for 30 seconds and still not seen anything different, it does indeed sound like there's a problem).
- Peter

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032512-15600-01.zip ‏22 KB

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Bug Check 0xF4: CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION
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