T60 battery AND HD woes? or

A few days ago I received a used T60 in what looks like very good condition. Plugged it into the 120 and proceeded to make some changes, replace the HD with a 320G, remove what I’ll call junk and updated Windows that took a couple hours without SP3. I heard that if it works = fix it. all worked surprisingly well with the battery health indicating 100%. I unplugged it to move to another room to test the wireless for less than ½ hour, plugged it back in with a charge of around 90% indicated and proceeded to DL some more wanted apps with the indicator going back to 100%. Shortly afterwards the built in battery indicator started flashing yellow with a message saying the battery is defective?? At 100%?? Nothing I did changed the indicator so stopped using it to get away from it. This AM powered up and got an error message ”cannot boot from any device”  ?? WTF. Put the original HD back in and got the same message. I then put a 8” dowel on the drives and heard a short motor wind up< 2 seconds, and what sounded like a short chattering then no sound at all.   Any ideas of what to do besides hoping the warranty is still in effect. Please help as the wife was going to take it on a trip for a week come Sunday.    TIA   Vic.                         
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well the question would be where did you get your laptop from???
also what do you mean when you say put a 8" dowel on the drive???
The battery warranty is 12 months, so most likely you battery are no longer protected by the warranty option. So you will have to purchase a new one from either Lenovo.com or some stores.
Regarding your HDD, if it is still within warranty (check here) then it will be replaced by Lenovo provided that the damage wasn't caused by you. Usually Lenovo will ship out the hdd to you, and you can replace it yourself, and return the defective drive to Lenovo through the same courier, but may vary depending on the warranty services that came with your laptop.
So basically, your wife's trip shouldn't be affected provided that you buy a new battery for her, you can get your hdd changed at any time within the warranty period.  
Regards,
Jin Li
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