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Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped

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S Campbell <campbellfam@no.spam> wrote

> Have an IBM Thinkpad R30 and need to find out why it won't boot up from a 
> tested and formatted 20 Gb Toshiba drive after the first stage of Windows 
> XP installation.

> So I installed Windows XP sp2 from a good CD I've used for years and first 
> stage of Windows XP installation goes OK without a glitch.  The computer 
> resets OK at this first stage.

> When the computer reboots it says "press a key to boot from CD" and I 
> don't press a key.  After it times out the Windows XP installation won't 
> continue - the cursor just blinks on the screen.

> If I take out the CD and reboot, the computer still won't boot from the 
> hard disk (after BIOS checks it goes to blank screen with a blinking 
> cursor).
> I have tested the hard disk and it appears OK.  I had connected it to 
> another XP computer, deleted the partition and formatted it as  NTFS.  The 
> Windows XP installation on the laptop accepts the format.

> So the problem I am trying to figure out is why the laptop won't boot off 
> that hard drive when it has Win XP installation to continue?  I checked 
> the BIOS and it finds the HD okay.  I have also made it at the top of the 
> Boot order (and it is not disabled with '!' as these Thinkpads do)
> So where on earth do I go from here?!

> Thanks for any solutions to the above problem.

You can get a result like that when the bios has a
setting that doesn’t allow the MBR etc to be changed.
The obvious fix for that is to reset that in the bios.

Some anti viruses can replace the MBR with one that
produces that result when its changed too. The fix for
that is to write zeros thru the first few tracks of the
hard drive so the MBR is overwritten and start the
XP install again.

Have you checked the IBM site on the R30 to
see if its a known problem with a known fix ? 

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IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped "S Campbell" <campbellfam@no.spam> - 2013-01-11 17:32 +1000
  Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped mike <ham789@netzero.net> - 2013-01-11 00:47 -0800
  Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2013-01-11 20:18 +1100
  Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped Tom Cole <tacoleNOSPAM@yahoo.co.nz.invalid> - 2013-01-12 11:33 +1300
  Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped "Damian" <damian_andrews75@yahoo.com.au> - 2013-01-13 12:30 +1100
  Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped Parko <there.is.an.elephant@the.pantry.door.invalid> - 2013-01-15 22:55 +0000
  Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped Happy Oyster <-*-*.@.*-*-> - 2013-01-15 21:01 +0400
    Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2013-01-16 15:59 +1100
      Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped Happy Oyster <-*-*.@.*-*-> - 2013-01-17 11:19 +0400
        Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 12:25 +1100
    Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped "Bob Milutinovic" <cognicom@gmail.com> - 2013-01-16 19:20 +1100
      Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped Happy Oyster <-*-*.@.*-*-> - 2013-01-17 11:18 +0400
        Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped "Bob Milutinovic" <cognicom@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 12:37 +1100
  Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped "S Campbell" <campbellfam@no.spam> - 2013-02-05 19:49 +1000
    Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped Happy Oyster <-*-*.@.*-*-> - 2013-02-06 09:33 +0400
      Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped Happy Oyster <-*-*.@.*-*-> - 2013-02-06 10:39 +0400
    Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped dg1261 <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> - 2013-02-07 01:56 +0000
      Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped "S Campbell" <campbellfam@no.spam> - 2013-02-08 10:29 +1000
        Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped dg1261 <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> - 2013-02-08 04:07 +0000
      Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped "S Campbell" <campbellfam@no.spam> - 2013-02-08 10:30 +1000
  Re: IBM Thinkpad R30 - stumped Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2013-02-07 19:15 -0800

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