Hello, In addition to Alex's suggestion you may want to check the hard disk drive from the ThinkPad T43 for errors using a program like the Hitachi Drive Fitness Tool: http://www.hitachigst.com/support/downloads/#DFT
Regards, Aryeh Goretsky At 10:00 AM 4/19/2012, you wrote:
Message: 2 Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:09:44 -0500 From: Alex Austin <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T43 BSOD et sequelae please help To: Jeffrey Race <[email protected]> Cc: Thinkpad Users Group <[email protected]> Message-ID: <camx9zfjnej7a7htzpe_bslrauvphkvmzma1quc-tjh2evvi...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Find a Windows (same version) Install CD. Tell it to install on the same existing partition, and it'll offer to "repair" that installation. Do that, and you should be good. Note, last time I did that, it asked me to re-activate windows, but I had to do the repair because I'd moved the drive from one computer to another. - Alex -- Smart is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wise is knowing better than to put one in a fruit salad. On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Jeffrey Race <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
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