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

[Matt]

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/powerquest.nsf/56d21993ad4e6baa88256e91005066ad/fae91edaafb653de88256e75007cbc3d?OpenDocument&prod=PartitionMagic&ver=8.0&src=sg&pcode=pmagic&svy=&csm=no

http://www.vonglahn.com/udma_pio.htm


Best of luck.

Matt




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RWM (Out of the Office)" <RWM at RWMann.com>
To: "Thinkpad User Group" <thinkpad at stderr.org>
Cc: "David Ross" <ross at math.hawaii.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:09 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Update on OK, not a Thinkpad issue, but bear with me... 
Any ideas?


> Well, booting to PartitionMagic 6.0 tells me "partition improperly
> dismounted", the option to "fix" is grayed out, does not suggest another
> remedy, and Symantec has taken down all the old online links to PM6
> documentation.
>
>
>
> RWM (Out of the Office) wrote:
>
>>David Ross wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>I've booted to the Win2K CD with no apparent adverse consequences.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>But did you run stuff for a while?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Yes, in the sense that I ran thru various Restore Console display
>>options - MAP, PARTINFO, TYPE c:\BOOT.INI, CHKDSK /P and the like - but
>>no, nothing that would smoke a PS.
>>
>>
>>
>>>I replaced a PS last year with pretty much your symptoms, it would keep
>>>rebooting after the disk check; if I left it off overnight  I could coax
>>>it to run Windows for a while before a reboot  and when I ran Ubunto
>>>live it would work for almost an hour before freezing up.  Changing the
>>>PS fixed everything.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Certainly an option to consider.
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Any reason I shouldn't try FIX BOOT and/or FIXMBR ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>As Chris said, it won't help, but it won't hurt either.
>>>
>>>I think running some kind of diagnostic or non-Windows CD is the only
>>>way you're going to figure out if it is hardware or Windows at fault.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Would you place the Win2K system file Restore in that category?
>>Partition Magic 6 boot disk?  If not, what as examples?
>>
>>Thanks for your assistance and forebearance.
>>
>>- Bob
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>David
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>- 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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