Try to boot from your OS CD. Hold down C at bootup and this should boot from the CD/DVD drive (this will take much longer than a normal boot). If that works, then try to access your hard disk, and you can probably restore from a backup if there is a problem with the disk.
If it won't boot from the optical drive either, then you should just get it serviced.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.