So this morning it finally happened after decades of computer use: the BSOD with 0x00000024 -- registry corruption.
I put the drive in a tray of another good T43 and Windows did its best after much drive spinning. It boots now and 99% appears to function normally, but with the following anomalies that are beyond me. Please advise what to do: -System Restore option not offered, only a screen error message "System restore is not able to protect your computer." [However System Restore had allocated the 12% max to restore points.] -DVD drive does not appear, and I cannot access Disk Management in Administrative Tools: "The RPC Server is unavailable." -Cannot turn on the wireless radio. Selecting "Turn wireless radio on" has no effect. In System/Hardware, clicking "Properties" for the Intel Pro/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection" does not open a Properties window. In fact, no Properties window opens for ANY device shown. [However the LAN adapter is working fine, which is how I transmit this message.} -Additional, undiscovered, shortfalls may or probably do exist, so I'd appreciate understanding what has happened and the generic route(s) if any to deal with this kind of inevitable failure. Can this be brought back to life, or do I have to use recovery disks? There ought to be a way to repair it IIRC. Tks for all help. Jeffrey Race _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
