Faith,
If your laptop is plugged in and not using battery power - then start it up. As soon as you seen the Power On Self Test begin - start clicking the F8 key to attempt to start up the Advance Boot Options Menu.
If that does not work - and it starts beeping - then your memory modules, CPU, or hard drive that contains the operating system has failed and needs to be repaired.
Any number of cuases could have “zapped” those components - or all of them.
A PC Tech is going to have to take it apart to diagnose the issues invovled in determining why the POST will not take you to a SAFE MODE or Normal Operating System log-in.
Seek out an experienced A+ Tech that can test the hardware. It might be a software problem, but unlikely since the beeps are ongoing and not coded...like 3 short beeps then a long beep...
The laptop needs to be professionally looked at.
Thanks- I am thinking the same thing- get a pro to look at it. This is the second computer to crash in about a week.