Put the GRUB cursor on Windows. Then hold one finger over the F8 key. Hit Enter. Immediately press and hold F8.
- Alex Austin (651) 238-9273 "...and then I visited Wikipedia ...and the next 8 hours are a blur." On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Stuart Friedman <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Stuart Friedman > >> Montpelier, VT USA > >> 802.522.6228 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Thinkpad mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > >> > > > > > > > -- > 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
