Toshiba sattelite pro ( SPM30 ) problem with black screen and white cursor

I have a toshiba SPM30 from a friend and I couldn't succed to resolve the problem with black screen and white cursor.I can enter in bios using F2 and I can use F12 but is not booting, I have some CD and DVD with Win Xp but it seeams that is not booting.I've traied to change the order in boot order: first CD/DVD and after HDD but still is not working...I saw that a HDD I can see details about it but at CD/DVD I can't see...I think that the CD/DVD is not working( but I can see the light and hear the sounds when I put a bootable CD or DVD)...Please, if someoane can help me......( byt the way I've traied to remove the bios battery and still is not working...)

Try f8 and try the repair your computer options
This explains advanced start up options:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/advanced-startup-options-including-safe-mode#1TC=windows-...
This explains start up repair:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/startup-repair-faq#1TC=windows-7
A system disc can be used for these repair options also, in your case if the DVD drive is not working you can use an external dvd drive if you have one.
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