Lenovo T60p no longer boots

Greetings,
Well, now that I have repaired the fan problem, I am afraid I have created one.
My T60p originally had a drive with two partitions on it. A 90GB primary partition, and a 5GB secondary partition. Since I had to re-install the OS, the 5GB partition is no longer in use.
I tried to user Hirens utilities like Fdisk to see if I could use the space. I tried formating the space with an NTFS file system. That is all I did. Since then, the machine no longer boots.
However, using Hirens utilities, and instead of booting with the Hirens disk, I choose to boot from the hard drive, using NTFS. The machine booted fine so all my information is there.
How do I get it to boot without the Hirens disk now? It no longer gives me access to the programs that were on the disk....
Regards,
Jean-Pierre
P.S. I am trying to fix this myself, as with all issues on my laptop, before I take it to the Geek Squad. Thank you
for your input.
Here are the specs of the machine.
Thinkpad T60p
2007-8EU
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Hello,
It sounds like the primary partition may no longer be marked as "startable" or "active" in the partition table of data located at the end of the master boot record, which is what the MBR code uses to determine which partition's boot sector to load.
If you have a Windows XP installation disc, you can try booting from that, starting the Recovery Console (instead of an operating system installation) and using the FixMBR and FixBoot commands to repair the MBR and boot sector (for good measure), respectively.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
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You got a prob I think, if you can boot a windows, MSconfig, startup options might restore the boot files.Only other thing is to try and either load a new windows and let it setup a boot file, or perhaps a win98 startup disk, and fdisk, then set active partiton, which will set an MBR. But that would leave a load of work to do, I think I'd opt for an install of XP, and let it repair existing installation, and make a new boot file.
Hope you don't need the info on disks. If you do, I would install another HDD, load XP, then copy original Disk to save place.
Good luck
Jocko

Can no longer boot to MacOSX after bootcamp install

Hello all, I have an issue to where I can no longer boot into the Mac OSX partition after what appears to be a failed Windows bootcamp install. As I was running the bootcamp assistant process, a reboot occurred and I was greeted with the "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key". I have no idea how to get past this and boot back to OSX.
Things I have tried:
Holding down the "option" key does nothing, even using a USB keyboard
Resetting PRAM (CMD + OPT + P + R) does nothing, even with USB keyboard
I have put in a MAC OSX 10.7 Disk and cannot boot to disk using CMD + C on startup
I also pulled the hard drive out and connected it to another PC and wiped the drive completely. I put it back in the macbook and I am still presented with this error. It seems, even though I get the Mac startup tone, that it is stuck in which ever OS it tried to run previously, that being Windows. Not sure why I am still receiving this error even after wiping the drive completely clean.
As far as hardware goes, I am pretty sure its a late 2010 Alumn. Macbook Pro. I cant get the current model number since I cant boot the OS. Any help is appreciated.

Please reset SMC as well.
You can get the serial number from the back cover and use https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do to find the model.

My internal hard drive no longer boots. Boots just fine in external usb enclosure.

My internal hard drive no longer boots when inside my laptop. The drive boots just fine in external usb enclosure. It is also fully recognized when internal (as seen in single user mode, recovery mode or while booting from another drive).
I have tried:
with disk utilities
•fixing permissions
•repairing disk
in single user mode
•fsck -fy
zapping the pram
removing ram and zapping the pram
Any suggestions or diagnostics would be appreciated.

Can't believe I spent days reformating my hard drive, restoring it, getting another hard drive... and it was all a cable that failed. I wonder what can make an internal cable like that fail (seems like the least likely part of all to fail).
Thanks PlotinusVeritas
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Windows 7 no longer boots after upgrade from Lion to Mountain Lion

I got a late 2011 MacBook Pro, on which I installed Windows 7 with Boot Camp. After I upgraded from Lion to Mountain Lion, I can no longer boot Windows. If I keep the option button pressed during boot I only get the OS X and recovery options, and if I choose to boot Windows from the system preferences pane, I get a message that says that no bootable device was found. However, I'm sure that the partition is still there, because I can see it in finder and browse the files normally. How can I boot Windows again?

"Easier" in this case as an alternative is defined as repartitioning/reformatting your disk, and restoring from backups (which for most people also means starting from scratch with Boot Camp Assistant and Windows since most users aren't backing that environment up).
What you did is, in my opinion, easier and faster. But if you don't know what you're doing can lead to data loss. But then, by definition, blowing away your disk and starting over with a restored backup begins with data loss!

After installing Mavericks, my laptop no longer boots.

After installing Mavericks, my laptop no longer boots. How can I restore it using the internet, or get it to start up again?
Thanks in Advance.

If a SMC reset does not restore life, make an appointment at an Apple store genius bar.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Ciao.
You might also look at this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367?viewlocale=en_US
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