[Thinkpad] OK, not a Thinkpad issue, but bear with me... Any ideas?

[chris at idlelion.net]

Since FIXMBR fixes your MBR, and your MBR is starting Windows properly, 
there's no reason to run that.

Then again, it shouldn't hurt.


On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, RWM (Out of the Office) wrote:

> I've booted to the Win2K CD with no apparent adverse consequences.
>
> Any reason I shouldn't try FIX BOOT and/or FIXMBR ?
>
> - Bob
>
>
> David Ross wrote:
>
>> This too is a classic symptom of a failing power supply.
>>
>> Try booting to a live linux distro CD or diagnostic CD, something that
>> doesn't use your HD, and see if it freezes after a while.
>>
>> DR
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "RWM (Out of the Office)" <RWM at RWMann.com>
>> To: "Thinkpad User Group" <thinkpad at stderr.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:09 AM
>> Subject: [Thinkpad] OK, not a Thinkpad issue,but bear with me... Any
>> ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> After a scheduled boot time defrag, my primary Compaq desktop has
>>> developed a repeated black screen (could be blue; too quick to see or
>>> read) reboot after performing an apparently successful "scheduled disk
>>> check" from the partial Win2k splash screen.
>>>
>>> It POSTS OK, boots through BIOS OK, boots through the black and white
>>> zipper OK, boots through the Win2K splash screen with blue progress
>>>
>>>
>> bar,
>>
>>
>>> then proceeds to the repeated "disk check has been scheduled" phase,
>>> completes this successfully, then crashes.
>>>
>>> I have tried booting to "last known good configuration" and safe mode,
>>> same outcomes.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on this?  I have the Win2K CD, so can try a recovery, if
>>> that's likely to be useful.
>>>
>>> Yes, I have Ghost backups, but of course now have no client on which
>>>
>>>
>> to
>>
>>
>>> recover them.
>>>
>>> - RWM, from a Thinkpad...
>>>
>
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