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    Is my Thinkpad Hidden Partition Corrupted??

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by adexter007, Aug 25, 2005.

  1. adexter007

    adexter007 Newbie

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    When i do Access IBM BIOS---> "recover factory XP install"...in the BIOS, i halted at the following DOS window:

    FWMount Version 1.0 Copyright (c) 2002 Phoenix Tech.

    Mounting BIOS drive 80h (ATA drive 0)
    PSA Index#........................7
    PSA ID#.............................888h
    Starting Sector....................3286891
    Sector Count.......................5941248
    Drive Letter......................... D

    It didn't get into that GUI part wherein you are ask if you are to re-cover and you type "Y" confirmations before proceeding. It just halted in the above msg.

    If somebody out there experiences similar, pls share your ideas. Thanks.
     
    adexter007, Aug 25, 2005
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  2. bootleg2go

    bootleg2go Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    You should give IBM customer service a call, it sounds like maybe the hard drive may be failing or in the least has lost some clusters.

    Jack
     
    bootleg2go, Aug 30, 2005
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