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I have a T61 that has not been logging past the "sign-in" screen, so it's not exactly BSOD...
I ran the PC Doctor diagnostic and my laptop "failed" 3 tests...
Hard Drive: SMART extended self-test FAILED
Hard Drive: Surface scan test FAILED
also SMBIOS: SMBIOS: standards test FAILED
I went thru the whole "start BIOS setup utility" and
etc., etc, selected "hard drive" and pressed the F6 key to move to the first boot position.
etc. I even went through the ThinkVantage process to go back to "original factory settings"
but I still FAIL the 3 tests above, when I redo the testing in PC Doctor.
Is my internal hard drive "fried" ??
thanks for anyones help on this. I purchased this machine model 7658-CTO back in November 2007
and the warranty is no longer in place.
-Susan J.
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your hdd is on the verge of dying, so before it does, this is what you should do.
Burn yourself a set of recovery media, by going to start, program, thinkvantage, create recovery media. It should burn you 3 DVDs.
Also you may need to backup any files that may need, by using the rescue and recovery feature under thinkvantage program list. Make sure you backup the hdd content to an external source, like an large usb drive, usb dvd burner or burnable dvd discs.
Now you would need to get a new hdd from somewhere (you don't need to buy it from Lenovo if you don't want), the hdd must be 2.5 inch form factor, 9.5 mm thick and have SATA connection. WD, Seagate, Hitachi, Samsung, Fujitsu all produce these drives up to 500 gig in size.
After you bought the hdd, you would need to remove the hdd, there is a screw that you need to unscrew. Now take off the cover for the internal hdd bay. Pull on that black mylar pull tab on the hdd, to remove it from the drive bay.
Remove the two rubber railings on both side of the hdd drive (anti shock). There four screw that holds the old hdd in the makeshift anti-static caddy, you would need a phillip screwdriver, after the screw is removed, replace the old hdd with the new one you bought.
After you have reinstalled the new hdd in the laptop, run the Recovery media discs (3 DVD) from startup discs and follow the on screen prompts. This should restore the recovery partition, and reinstall all your OS and drivers like when you first got the laptop. If you have also created a rescue and recovery backup, you can restore the laptop to the original condition, by choosing restore.
www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-67980.html
if you have problem following the worded instruction on removing the hdd that i provided, you can look at the illustrated hardware manual provided in the link.
Good luck
Regards,
Jin Li
May this year, be the year of 'DO'!
I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

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