Help: Lenovo N500 will not start, product recovery disc won't run
Hi. I am a bit of a laptop dunce so excuse me. My Lenovo N500 has been shutting itself down and not always restarting and the last time I tried a reinstall through the on board system but after a day and a half it was stuck and not changing so I turned it off. Clearly a mistake.
Now when I try to turn it on I get a black screen
File:\Boot\NCR
Status 0xc000000f
Info An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data
It says to insert Windows installation disc and restart but that just circles back to same screen. I have tried the 2 supplied disks. One called "product recovery CD for lenovo N500 Type 4233" (which is the right one I think) and one called "Rescue and recovery disc for use with Microsoft Windows XP" (pretty sure I have Vista and this disc was supplied for people who wanted to get back to XP.
I have tried pressing F8 and F11 to no avail (makes a nasty loud hissing sound).
Any ideas?
hi Cj75,
Can you try if the computer have the WinRE Active
Keep on tapping the F8 key once you power on the system. Then select the Repair your computer option from the boot menu that appears.
WinRE photo (http://media.bestofmicro.com/win,B-8-177956-13.jpg)
If You were able to boot to WinRE
>In the System Recovery Options dialog box, Try running system restore first to a known good Date where your system state was fine.
If system restore fails.
>Try to do this to manually rebuild the BCD
In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt.
Type BOOTREC /FIXMBR, and then press ENTER.
Type BOOTREC /FIXBOOT, and then press ENTER.
Type BOOTREC /REBUILDBCD, and then press ENTER.
If this still failed I believe you really have to Reinstall Windows on this
Try contacting Support in your Are to Order a recovery CD (Fees may apply)
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Hi All, I have had my Lenovo W520 for a year now and just when my warranty expires something goes wrong. Its not major but is important for me.
None of my lenovo apps will start up. They begin to but immediatly just freeze before opening. This is bad since I do CG architecturual rendering and I need to access turboboost. The access connection tool wont even open so I have to connect from the windows toolbar. Is there any reason for this happening and is this a common occurance. O
Lenovo W520 Quad Core I7 @2.2 Ghz 16.GB Windows 7 Quadro 2000mOne thing is making sure the GAC on your machine is up to date. Look for ngen and force update. Make sure you are up to date with Windows .net updates. I am really not sure beyond this. I have my own tvt issues, lol. I noticed that Intel interface tools igfxext errors seemed to occur around using some of the Lenovo tools. .net is common between them so I thought of that, though I have not looked any deeper to be honest. I just deal with it for now lol. But hopefully one of these two steps can help. Is it all the tvt tools? I would suggest you could try reinstalling the invidivual tvt apps and seeing how that works for each as well (though you should not need to do this if step one,two is fine, your issue could be elsewhere). Someone else may wish to add more. You may also wish to check the Thinkvantage Tools part of the board.
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Help! Safari will not start...
I get the following error message...
"The application has failed to start because its side by side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail"
All this is chinese to me, any help in English would be much appreciated!
Thanks
simonWe need to see a crash report, so restart Safari and when it crashes, copy the entire crash log and paste it into a reply window here. Notifying Apple is fine, but they will not respond, so you shouldn't expect that.
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DVD not read correctly: Medieval 2 will not start anymore (original disc)
Hi everyone, sorry if i am posting this in the wrong part of the website but i really need help with something. I bought a new pc game ( Medieval 2 Total War ) and when i 1st installed it, it worked fine. The day after i went to play it again and when i clicked on the icon the DVD Drive started and the disc was being read. The problem was though an Error message came up saying that i needed to insert the right disc when it clearly stated on the manual disc 1 was to kept in the drive. Can anyone tell me why it was working 1 minute then the next saying that my disc does not exist please? I tried to reinstall it and everything but the same message appears over and over. Any suggestions please?
Thanks in Advanced
DavidHello David
It will be interesting to know which notebook model you have.
By the way: try to disable packet writing software DLA. Maybe it helps.
The procedure of changing a setup of DLA is as follows:
1. Open Windows Explorer
2. Right-click the icon of the CD/DVD drive and choose Properties
3. Click the DLA tab
4. To disable DLA option clear the Enable DLA on your drives checkbox
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I've searched for an .exe file in Firefox program files, but there doesn't seem to be one anywhere. I'd like to uninstall, download a new program and reinstall, but I'd rather not lose bookmarks and other settings.
Running Windows 7 on a Sony Vaio laptop. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.Certain Firefox problems can be solved by performing a ''Clean reinstall''. This means you remove Firefox program files and then reinstall Firefox, you WILL NOT lose any bookmarks, history, and settings. Please follow these steps:
'''Note:''' You might want to print these steps or view them in another browser.
#Download the latest Desktop version of Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org and save the setup file to your computer.
#After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows (click Exit from the Firefox or File menu).
#Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
#*'''Windows:'''
#**C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
#**C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox
#*'''Mac:''' Delete Firefox from the Applications folder.
#*'''Linux:''' If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it - see [[Installing Firefox on Linux]]. If you downloaded and installed the binary package from the [http://www.mozilla.org/firefox#desktop Firefox download page], simply remove the folder ''firefox'' in your home directory.
#Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
##Double-click the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard.
##Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.
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PLEASE HELP! itunes will not start!
I just downloaded itunes 7.0 when it finished, it told me that itunes installation was not complete because Quicktime was a 7.0, and it had to be the 7.3 version.
I then went ahead and downloaded itunes 7.0 again....and everything was fine.
but now i can't open itunes! i keep clicking and clicking...please help! it's urgent!
thank you!I had same problem. Installed Itunes 7, installation appeared ok and then I kept clicking on the icon and nothing would happen except I'd get more frustrated.
I uninstalled Itunes 7 thru add/remove programs. I tried uninstalling quicktunes, wouldn't let me. I then went to explorer, deleted the itunes and quick times folders. My music is located in my documents/my music so it didn't effect my music. Then I turned off my norton antivirus and re-installed itunes 6.0.5 which you can still find and download from itunes website.
Itunes 6.0.5 worked fine. I found those directions thru google and they work great.
I don't know how Apple will sell all those movies and games if they can't get itunes 7 working. I've told everyone I know to avoid it. They took a good system and screwed it up.
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Eeek! Help! Aperture will not start
When I try to start up Aperture from the Dock the icon gives a bounce but nothing happens. This is what the console log tells me is happening, but I'm not experienced enough to know what to do about it. I would be extremely grateful for any advice.
Thanks, SusanProblem I'm Getting is:
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/PluginManager.framework/Versions/B/PluginManager
Referenced from: /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/Library/Frameworks/PluginManager.framework/Versions/B/PluginManager: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
No expert but from what I can tell theres some sort of bug or something in the PluginManager File as all the files appear to be there. Possible?
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HELP! MacBook will not start up
Hi all,
I bought a new internal hard drive and some new ram. My mac wont load now!
I replaced the original hard drive back in to see if that helped but it didn't.
What I noticed was, the clip that clicks into the hard drive fits in perfectly but on the new hard drive there's one extra small connector section which has nothing to plug into. Help! Have I bought the one hard drive?? I have a 13" MacBook Pro. Originally 250gb HD and 4mb ram. Bought in sept 2010 ish.
This is the hard drive I bought:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0053YLTBC/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?psc=1&redirect=t rue&ref_=oh_details_o00_s01_i01
Hope someone can save my dayReinstall the original RAM and see whether it boots.
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Computer will not start after update. Won't boot. Security Update. Grey.
This is a fix that worked for me. 2 times in the past Automatic Software update has corrupted my hard drive.
When installing using SOFTWARE UPDATE the installer for the security update fails, says it has been moved to trash and to try again. Well if you restart, you get a system hang and much sadness.
I tried the usual stuff, booting from CD(osx) and selecting the disk utility from the top menu. But that didn't fix it. Then I ran DiskWarrior, which usually fixes anything, but it didn't this time.
Here is what did work. I checked my other mac to see what the last security update was, and it had the 2009-001 update (worked on that mac). So I knew now that the one that screwed up was that update.
I downloaded that update to my laptop.
I started my iMac (the one that crashed after update) in "target disk mode" - this treats the whole computer as an external firewire disk drive (it's totally safe as long as you don't erase anything) - you start into target mode by holding down "T" key while turning on, leave it pressed until you see a symbol on the screen that looks like a "Y".
I hooked up a firewire cable from the iMac to my laptop and waited until the iMacs Hard drive appeared on the laptop desktop.
Now you can browse the corrupt drive just like a regular external drive.
If you have an external drive with room, this is a good time to back up the entire corrupt drive to a folder on the other external just in case...
But what I have found is that when the installer for the security update failed, it corrupted the file that mac osx needs to read during boot, so it is an isolated failure, but it is always better to be safe.
at this point you are ready to attempt the repair..
On my laptop I ran the installer for the security update I had manually downloaded from apples site. When asked for destination for the install I select the HD for the iMac (or whatever unit has the no boot situation that got corrupted). (note that if you have not renamed your main hard drives, you will have a choice of 2 with the same name). Usually the drive on the computer you are using will be first in line. Rename the drive on the computer you are using before running the install if you want to be sure there are no mistakes..)
Select the disk you want to (re)install to, and let it go. It is a long update, so be patient and let it finish. It should say preparing install, installing, finishing, and optimizing system performance...
When it says that the installation completed successfully you can eject the corrupt hard drive by dragging to the trash to dismount it. Then unplug the firewire cable.
Shut down the repaired (hopefully) machine by holding the power button until it turns of.
Count to ten.
Prepare a celebratory or misery soothing beverage (but keep it in the other room).
Some people like to start in safe mode by holding down shift key while turning on, but I couldn't get it to work on mine...
Turn the computer back on and wait. The boot process will take longer than usual the first time.
If and when you get to login or desktop, go in and run apple disk utility and repair the disk, and repair the permissions.
If it worked, breathe a sigh, do a happy dance. And from now on when mac os says there are updates available, write them down, then go to apples site, download them manually, and install them manually, one at a time from now on, to avoid hassles.
Hope this helps!
Enjoy!Thanks for the post/tips newfocus, hope it helps somebody!
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Firefox will not start,no msg.I am now running with I E. clsosed ok.
Nothing happens no msg,no errors.Checked task mngr.Firefox was active and i closed it.It came up ok,the next morning it happened again,checked TM but fire fox was not active.I tried to uninstall 8.0 and install again.I get a msg to close Firefox before i continue but it is not running.I am trying all this while running in Internet explorer. This is going on for 3 days,when i finally get Fire running i think my problems r over,but the next morning it happens again.Sometime restarting works but not always,i did not force shutdown.HELP..I luv using Firefox...THANXXX
I tried to follow the instructions but deleted the wrong files. I was able to bring FF back up but everything was gone.Talk about a fresh start,I am now in the process of adding back my favorites,toolbar..etc.
I do appreciate the help,next time I'll try to be a lot more careful.
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I really need some help on this. Flex builder will not start.
When I try to run it, I get the error: An error has occured. See
the log file: <has a location to file>.
When I open the file, I get an error log. I will post it to
the end of this message.
So far, I have unisntalled/reinstalled Flex several times. I
have uninstalled Java, and reinstalled Java. I have uninstalled
Flex, removed ALL directories I could find (under /program files/
as well as /documents), run cclean to clear out registry entries,
as well as going through the entries one at a time. I then
rebooted, and reinstalled. I have also downloaded the original
install file 3 times now.
One oddity of my install, is that I am running on a
re-directed desktop, so my /documents/flex builder 3/ directory is
out on the network, but acts like it is locally mapped. I HAVE
logged on my system's local account, which doesn't have a
redirected desktop. This error occurs on both accounts.
I am the administrator of this box, and all permissinos are
run as an administrator. I am running Vista Business, and have run
this both with user access control on and off. I have also tried
running it in compatibility mode for Win XP SP2. While installing
it seems to fail on the Cold Fusion plugin, but it continues to
install, and tells me it installed fine. I am honestly at my wit's
end on this one.
Log File:
!SESSION 2008-04-04 15:17:18.359
eclipse.buildId=unknown
java.version=1.5.0_11
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86
!ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.app 2008-04-04 15:17:22.589
!MESSAGE Product com.adobe.flexbuilder.standalone.product
could not be found.
!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2008-04-04 15:17:22.661
!MESSAGE Application error
!STACK 1
java.lang.RuntimeException: No application id has been found.
at
org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppContainer.startDefaultApp(EclipseAppContainer. java:236)
at
org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppContainer.start(EclipseAppContainer.java:98)
at
org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.Activator.addingService(Activator.java:112)
at
org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker$Tracked.trackAdding(ServiceTracker.java:1064)
at
org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker$Tracked.trackInitialServices(ServiceTracker.java:926 )
at
org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker.open(ServiceTracker.java:330)
at
org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker.open(ServiceTracker.java:274)
at
org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.Activator.start(Activator.java:54)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$2.run(BundleContextImpl.java:9 99)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native
Method)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextIm pl.java:993)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:9 74)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:346)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:260)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:400)
at
org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLa zyStarter.java:111)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java :417)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoade r.java:189)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:34 0)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.SingleSourcePackage.loadClass(SingleSourcePackag e.java:37)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java :405)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:369)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:357)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.jav a:83)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
at
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator.startAppContainer(PlatformActivator.j ava:47)
at
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator.start(PlatformActivator.java:32)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$2.run(BundleContextImpl.java:9 99)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native
Method)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextIm pl.java:993)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:9 74)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:346)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.resume(AbstractBundle.java:350)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.resumeBundle(Framework.java:1118)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.resumeBundles(StartLevelManage r.java:634)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.incFWSL(StartLevelManager.java :508)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.doSetStartLevel(StartLevelMana ger.java:282)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.dispatchEvent(StartLevelManage r.java:468)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:195)
at
org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(EventManager.java:297)
!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 2 0 2008-04-04 15:17:23.442
!MESSAGE One or more bundles are not resolved because the
following root constraints are not resolved:
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.osgi 2 0 2008-04-04 15:17:23.442
!MESSAGE Bundle
update@plugins/org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.template.ui_3.0.4.200706071.jar
was not resolved.
!SUBENTRY 2
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.template.ui 2 0 2008-04-04
15:17:23.442
!MESSAGE Missing required bundle
org.eclipse.pde.ui_[3.2.0,4.0.0).
!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 2 0 2008-04-04 15:17:23.497
!MESSAGE The following is a complete list of bundles which
are not resolved, see the prior log entry for the root cause if it
exists:
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.osgi 2 0 2008-04-04 15:17:23.497
!MESSAGE Bundle
update@plugins/org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.template.ui_3.0.4.200706071.jar
[52] was not resolved.
!SUBENTRY 2
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.template.ui 2 0 2008-04-04
15:17:23.497
!MESSAGE Missing required bundle
org.eclipse.pde.ui_[3.2.0,4.0.0).Ok, this has FINALLY been fixed. There seems to be an issue
with having your documents stored remotely. My documents folder,
instead of being on my C: drive, has been redirected to the server,
so the location is: \\server\share\username\documents\etc
To fix this, I uninstalled Flex Builder 3, then deleted that
directory i makes under documents. I then logged off my account,
and logged on as the local administrator. I installed as the local
administrator which does not have a redirected desktop nor
redirected documents folder. It installed fine. I logged off the
local admin account, and logged in as my account, and was able to
fire up Flex Builder 3. Though, it STILL created it's own "copy" of
Documents on the network drive. So, the directory structure is
\\server\share\userID\Documents, the problem, is that there are TWO
"Documents" directories there. If you go to properties, windows
still recognized the old one, as "My Documents" even though it is
redirected as the file, Documents. The new folder, is also called
Documents.
Odd behavior. Just hope this helps someone else, in the
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My Ipod will not start but keeps giving a clicking sound like its trying...
Please help my Ipod will not start, it keeps sounding like a car that is tyring to start but those not really gets enough power to do so.pls whatt can i do to resolve this.
thanksSee if this helps
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1591975&tstart=0 -
Imac 27-inch 10.9 recovery disk will not start
hello everyone,
I am having boot up problems on my imac 27-inch.
I pressed the power button and press and held the Option key, I chose the
Recovery disk, but the Recovery disk did not start, instead I have the grey Apple logo and it keeps running but will not start.
The imac 27-inch was bought refurbished in late 2010
I also have imac apple care from 2010 never used. First time problem.
On pressing the Option key during startup,
Mach Hard disk and Recovery Disk 10.9 is displayed.
Choosing mac hard disk does not boot up the OS instead I get a big Zero sign with line through it or a big flash question mark sign.
Choosing the Recovery Disk 10.9 does not boot up Disk Utility, instead I get the grey Apple logo.
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