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Blinking cursor after recovery CD

Hello, I have a toshiba m45-S331. The computer went out a few months ago and after taking it in they told me the hard drive was the problem. I bought a new hard drive and replaced the old one. After using the recovery CD which appears to work fine when it reboots I get the toshiba screen for a few secs and then a blank screen with a blinking cursor in the left hand corner.When I go to the bios it appears to recognize the hard drive. i can't imagine that my brand new hard drive is again the problem. Any solution is greatly appreciated!

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When cursor blinks, try to press any key!
tell me what error message it gives than!

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In this situation, you can reset the administrator password with a USB flash drive. Go to download a windows password tool. I recommend a program called Windows Password Seeker. An burn this file on the USB, then you can reset the password with the USB flash drive.

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