Toshiba Satellite Pro-P300 PQ

Hello,
My notebook which is 5 years old and has been working without any problem, has suddenly developed a fault I do not seem to be able to sort out. It starts off ok and gets to the "Toshiba Leading Technology" screen and that's it. It will not do or response to anything. I have tried to enter the boot up menu by powering up and holding the F12 key, it acknowledges it and says "please wait" but nothing happens. The same applies to "Set up" key F2 and F8. There is absolutely no response and
the HDD led light does not illuminate.
I have not installed or altered anything. It is running Windows 7 and I do have the recovery disk and the original W7 installation disk but they are useless if I cannot access the booting up option.
I have also removed the HD and connected it by USB link to my working desktop and can access all my files and programs so there does not seem to be anything wrong with the disk either.
Can anyone offer me any suggestions?
Many thanks
Tony

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