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

[RWM (Out of the Office)]

I take your point, and guess it's one of those definitional issues....

True, I don't get a "missing NTLDR" sort of error, but I never get to 
the desktop, either.

I've got it shut down now, re-seated all the cables and memory, and 
letting it cool down to see if it is some sort of heat related issue.

- Bob



chris at idlelion.net wrote:

>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:
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>>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:
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>>>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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>>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,
>>>
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>>>      
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>>>>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
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>to
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>>>>recover them.
>>>>
>>>>- RWM, from a Thinkpad...
>>>>