T400 not booting at all.

My T400 is not booting at all.
When I power it on, no matter it's on AC or battery, it just shows the boot screen
Black Screen with Thinkpad written (in BIG white letters).
and "To Interrupt normal setup, press the blue ThinkVantage button"
I tried pressing Thinkvantage button nothing happened.
I also tried pressing all function Keys, from F1 to F12... nothing happened
I am not too sure what went wrong, I am on travel and needed my laptop badly.
not sure what to do can anybody help me please.
System Configuration:
T400, 2 GB RAM,
Windows XP SP3,
Just one Partition on hard disk C drive.
How did this happen:
I am also not too sure but I remember few things that I did last, and mentioning them here,
not too sure if this has got something to with the problem that I am facing...
1. I compressed my C drive.
2. I had hibernation enabled ...disabled it...shutdown-ed the machine
3. Next time when i rebooted machine..i was in flight....I did work that i wanted to do ,,then enabled hibernation...
and hiberanted...
4. Before hibernation could have completed .... i closed the flap..and kept it in bag...
5. later on when i powered it on ...its not booting at all

I don't tell what caused your problem ( there are more knowledgable people here for it) but it is not wise to do these alterations you mention on a trip - better try things at home with a recent backup

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