Trackpad-mouse moves-doesn't select

Hey all,
My friend's trackpad has an issue. She was working, closed her laptop, came back an hour later only to find that she couldn't select anything. The mouse moves and there is still a clicking noise when pushing down on the trackpad. I enabled the tap selection option so she could still work on it but the actual selection by clicking on trackpad is a no go.
She has the 10.5.8 Processor: 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro -- if models have different trackpad versions...
I understand this most likely will need to be replaced, however, I'm looking for an explanation to why it would just stop like that and if there is a manual solution that won't cost much money (besides buying a mouse)... if this has happened to you, how much did you pay to have it fixed?
Polite suggestions and information is needed! Thank you!

This sounds like it could be a software issue. Does she have her information backed up? If so I would try to re install the operating system. If it still doesn't work after that then I would recommend calling Apple.

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