Can't boot after imaging hard drive

Hi,
I have two T60 laptops.  I reimaged both and one boots fine.  The other only goes to a blinking cursor.  Is this due to the security chip?  I went into the bios, but it already said disabled.
It shows this message right before it goes to the blinking cursor (I only was able to display it after turning off fast boot):
Active Protection Sensor Diagnostics Start
I've tried disabling everything in the Bios, not sure what else to try.  Any help really appreciated!!
Thanks, Bryan

Hello! There are a few things that could cause this. One is a bad pram battery. Do you remember if the clock was resetting to an odd date lately? Another is the hard drive may be failing or the directory is messed up which is why you get the "?" on a folder. Try booting from your install cd and repair the disk. Tom

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