Thinkpad A21 problem

I have an A21 thinkpad. Today after removing some software I
preformed the required reboot. However, the laptop would not boot
back up.

I get the IBM splash screen and I can go into the CMOS settings. I
can leave the machine in the CMOS settings for over an hour with no
problems, so I don't believe it is a power ot battery problem.

Once the IBM screen disappears, the screen blanks then the hard drive
light flickers a couple of times and then nothing. Nothing else
happens. I am fairly literate with desktops, but know little about
laptop hardware.

Will a dead hard drive cause this? I pulled the hard drive (
travelstar djsa-220 ) and it when I flip it over I can hear something
rattle in the drive.

I changed the boot up device sequence to cd first and put a bootable
os cd in, but I got the same result.

Any suggestions would be GREAT !!!!

Thanks in advance.

Jeff

 

It is possibly a hard drive problem. A thinkPad can act this way when
it can not find a valid partition (maybe you removed more than you
thought!)

 

Last night I loaded the "DiskFitness Test" and everything checks out
fine. Booting PC dos from the floppy boots up ok.