Satellite 3000-X4 will not boot up

The machine will not boot up even in safe mode. Is this an indication that my hard drive has failed?

Hi Susan,
when you try to boot your Sat3000, does the Toshiba logo appear?
If yes, what comes then? Only a black screen with an error message or the Windows loading logo?
When the system chrashes exactly?
When yo want to check if your HDD is failed, create a bootdisk from www.bootdisk.info , start the Disk with a USB Floppy and try to access your HDD with typing "c:" and press enter
If you have access you can start scandisk. This tool analyses your HDD!
Bye

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