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    Help!..unbootable win xp and blue thinkvantage button not workin..

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by shobhit_goel10, Jan 3, 2010.

  1. shobhit_goel10

    shobhit_goel10 Newbie

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    I have a Lenovo Think Pad R60, windows xp sp2. due to a power failure, the laptop switched off and is not able to load windows..

    Although it has rescue and recovery to restore only windows os files from a backup, I did not want to use it as then all software would have to be reinstalled, so i tht there may be some boot.ini prob which after fxing I would be able to load windows.

    I opened the recovery console did fixboot fixmbr bootcfg etc..but still no effect.

    Now the blue thinkvantage button has stopped working and it shows startup interrupt menu with 3 options- none for rescue and recovery. so now neither can I log onto windows nor can I access r&r.

    I can only access xp recovery console from cd rom..pls help.
    how do I access rescue&recov?
     
    shobhit_goel10, Jan 3, 2010
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    StealthTH Notebook Evangelist

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    Going to need to use restore CD's if you have them otherwise you may have to call Lenovo and order them. I'm not so good with messing with boot configs so this is the best advice I can give you.
     
    StealthTH, Jan 3, 2010
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    MastahRiz Notebook Evangelist

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    If you have any XP disc, you can boot off of it and press 'R' to enter the Microsoft recovery option there, after which you might be able to repair the XP installation you currently have.

    Alternatively, you can burn a Linux CD which will boot easily into a very simple linux environment and let you copy everything out of your hard drive that you'd like to keep.
     
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    thanks..but I tried repairing xp from another xp cd with diff prod key than mine initially had but it was showing errors copying installation files and nothing happened then.

    is there any way I can enter command prompt and run exe files??
    the recovery console does not have option to run files.

    and how do I get to my lenovo rescue and recovery to restore windows??
    pls help..
     
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    MastahRiz Notebook Evangelist

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    as far as I know, using a Vista/win 7 installation disc is the only way to get into a command prompt before installing-- however I don't think it'll work with windows xp. I might be wrong about that, I haven't tried that myself.

    Not sure about how to get your Lenovo Recovery back up.
     
    MastahRiz, Jan 3, 2010
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