-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Friedman <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Markowitz <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 4:30 pm
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T43 again, regrets
You will not have F8 option with the dual-boot the way you have it set...
Cheers,
George
I did wipe it and it worked just fine for several weeks.
A solution is emerging... one question, an way to get into safe mode as I
only get the grub menu, which list the XP and the Mandriva choices, no safe
mode. Hitting F8 after selecting XP does not seem to do the trick.
stuartf
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Bruce Markowitz <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
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>> Stuart Friedman
>> Montpelier, VT USA
>> 802.522.6228
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