My Dell Vostro Has A Black Screen And A Flashing _

[TarelJ]

I have a dell vostro 1014 it has a black screen and a flashing underscore ( _ ) i tried to press d+the power button the colors came up but it just restarted and the underscore came back i tried the diagnostics and it restarted and more underscore the cooling fan seems to be working well can someone please help me.

 

[webworkings]

It could be hard drive failure. I would hope not, but that is what it sounds like to me.