Is this dual boot? Could be a partition problem. Did you wipe the drive before re-install? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Friedman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 2:29 PM Subject: [Thinkpad] T43 again, regrets
> Sorry for the premature sending, here is the complete request: > > 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 error creating event system!" > > I also have another error > > "OPERAFAVS Writing file error 7" > > I thought to boot into safe mode, but am flummoxed: pressing F8 doesn't > get > me there, I eventually get to the Mandriva screen offering itself or > Windows, but no safe mode. > > The request: either HTH do I get into safe mode or any ideas as to what > the > problem might be here. When I search for the RRU error I get all sorts of > problems that occurred subsequent to installing a new video card, not my > situation. MS search also came up empty handed. > > Thanks for any guidance, > > stuartf > > > -- > Stuart Friedman > Montpelier, VT USA > 802.522.6228 > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
