T-400 with Windows 7 Wont Boot

T-400 Thinkpad with Windows 7 64 Bit suddenly wont boot. No changes were made to the system. Turned it on got message "Windows was unable to start". Choose "Start Normally" or "Repair Mode". Neither option will work. I got a Windows 7 Home Edition 64 Bit dvd and tried to start Windows from the DVD. After choosing the prompt to boot from cd/dvd the Windows splash screen shows up with Starting Windows, but will go no further. Any suggestions?

Do you have another hard drive that you can try?

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