So, this cannot be done with the restore and rescue disks I so carefully made when I got the T43??
stuartf On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 2:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Chances are, you'll have to kill Mandriva to be able to fix XP. You need > not a set of restore disks, but a retail XP disk to fix the MBR. > > Good luck. > > Cheers, > > George > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stuart Friedman <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 2:22 pm > Subject: [Thinkpad] Where to start?? XP problem on a dual boot T43 > > Computer T43 2687-D4U, 15" Flexview XP SP 3 with all updates, Mandriva 2009 > > > OK, About two weeks ago, faced with ongoing and unsolvable wireless problems > > in Windows, I reinstalled Windows. Over the course of a week, I got all my > > essentials back and life was good. Then, suddenly two days ago, things froze > > while in Windows. I was trying to access a music file at the time in Media > > Player. When I re-booted, things froze at the XP splash screen. > > > When I put in the rescue disk I can look in events log and get two different > > errors, one which corresponds to the time of the freeze: > > > RRU Co create Instance error -2147024894 > > > > -- > > Stuart Friedman > > Montpelier, VT USA > > 802.522.6228 > > _______________________________________________ > > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > > ------------------------------ > *A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy > steps!<http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1216817552x1201106465/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=82%26bcd=DecemailfooterNO82> > * > -- Stuart Friedman Montpelier, VT USA 802.522.6228 _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
