T430s neither boots, nor enters BIOS anymore

Hi all,
A quite tricky challenge:
I got a new T430s a few days ago. It worked nicely, with Windows 7. I started working on it for some days, with many reboots. I could also enter into BIOS. Now I created a backup image of the Windows-7 partition, and the partition called like "sysdrv", using an Acronis TrueImage boot CD. This went fine, the system booted from CD, and created a backup to an external USB HD. After having finished, I closed the Acronis program. Since then, the T430s doesn't boot anymore. It hangs with the following message:
"Initializing Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.81; PXE 2.1 Build 091 (WfM 2.0)". The cursor is blinking underneath.
I tried pressing ENTER at the beginning, which works. But then in the menu, I can select either F1 to enter BIOS, or F12 to choose temporary boot device, but both options lead me to the same text as above, with blinking cursor. The option F10 to run diognostics works, and doesn't find any error.
We tried with another bootable CD, no effect. The optical drive quickly sounds, but after some seconds the system hangs with the same message.
So, in conclusion: I cannot boot Windows 7, I cannot enter BIOS, I cannot change the boot order. Even Ctrl-Alt-Delete doesn't work to reboot. I can only press the power button for 2 seconds to shut it down.
Thanks for any suggestions
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I am guessing your Acronis backup you did was cloning the drive and not a full HD image to the external drive. If you clone and don't use advanced or responded incorrectly your original HD was modified by Acronis Trueimage. It may not longer be marked as an active boot partition and never boot again without fixing it.
As I recall the tools are on the boot CD and you should be able to fix it. NOTE: Window 7 partition is NOT the normal boot partition on Lenovo Win 7 systems. Its the "SYSTEM_DRV" Partition set as Active.
Good luck, you can call Acronis for help with their tools on fixing this and I would if you're not well versed in partitions and managing them. Once you screw it up its far harder and may be impossible to fix over the phone of via forum posts!!!
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