IBook not loading Hard DIsk

I have an upgraded G4 ibook with a new installation of Mac OSX Tiger. Just the other day it stopped loading the hard disk. I have tried several times to get the laptop to boot. It begins the loading phase and never quite gets all the way there. It shows no sign of the motherboard not responding since the CD drive recognizes and the hard drive begins to spin. Cant quite figure it out. Please help if any of you have been here and know what it might be. Hit me back at [email protected] with any information on this subject. Any information would be helpful at this point. I would expect this from windows, but not a mac.

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