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The ThinkPad system may experience a bluescreen that may only appear for a very short time, followed by a reboot. During POST, the system will display a POST 2100 error code indicating the drive cannot be initialized. The machine will not boot into the operating system.
NOTE: Powering the system fully off and then on again after 20-30 seconds will usually clear the error, but a warm reboot will not.
IT have personally experienced this issue twice so far, & Lenovo posted an advisory on this in July.
If you have encounter this issue since getting your T440 notebook, it's highly recommended to update your SSD to this new firmware.
The firmware updater is windows based, & is non-destructive (does not affect existing data) so it's easy to update.
To be absolutely safe though, it's recommended to back up your essential data before installing this firmware update.

ThinkPad may bluescreen and reboot to POST error 2100 Lenovo Support US

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SOURCE: lenovo T61error 2100: HDD0(hard disk drive)

To all users with: lenovo T61error 2100: HDD0(hard disk drive),

Possible cause:

Corrupted hard disk logical sectror/hard disk logical error (bad format).
Hard disk connector not well in place.
Hard disk broken, physical fault.

Solutions:

Format hard disk and reinstall system using a Windows setup CD.
If that does not work the Hard disk must be removed to check thge connector, and to test the hard disk on a different computer.
If the hard disk is bad , it must be replaced, and windows reinstalled repeating step one.

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any random PC will do that when the HDD is bad
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It is telling you that there is a problem with your hard drive. If you know how to get to your bios screen and have a recovery CD you should be able to restore it. That is IF the hard drive is in fact not defective. Otherwise you will need to to take it to someone who does computer repair and either let them replace the hard drive or depending on your ability do so yourself or purchase another laptop

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Please try re-seating the hard drive.

If you look at the bottom of your laptop, along the edge there should be a screw larger then all the rest which holds a small panel. Remove this screw and panel. Remove the drive pulling lightly, with steady pressure, straight out. Place the drive back in and screw the panel back.

We had a lot of these issues, and they were often solved by just this manner alone.

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To all users with: lenovo T61error 2100: HDD0(hard disk drive),

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If that does not work the Hard disk must be removed to check thge connector, and to test the hard disk on a different computer.
If the hard disk is bad , it must be replaced, and windows reinstalled repeating step one.

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Please go here: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-64462.html

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