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Laptop won't boot. HDD does not spin

I have a Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120GB HDD on my HP Compaq nx9000 running XP SP3. Everything was OK until I interrupted a 'restart' by shutting down the computer with the power switch. All it does now is count up the RAM bytes and freeze. F2 for setup achieves nothing, so I cannot get into BIOS. If I disconnect the drive and switch on the laptop, it reports a failed previous boot and a locked drive (even though the HDD won't be connected). When I slave it onto another machine it does not spin, but makes a series of squawking sounds. Can anybody help?

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Hello

I am very sorry to say, your drive is done..
Just google click of death, you will see what i mean.

Hope this can steer you in the right direction.

Kind regards
Andrea

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