T60 Boot HDD problem

I have a T60 running Win XP Professional - I was experimenting with using a bootable CD with a small kernel verison of UBUNTU Unix what was supposedly able to run off the CD without any harm to my existing OS. Uh Hem.. Well that doesn't seem to be the case. I am no longer able to boot up successfully.Below is the trouble shooting I did but need some follow up ideas
HDD diagnostics program says ERROR code 0000: Read verification failed
If I let the normal start up take place I will get the blue screen of death.. stating umountable boot volume
I tried the Rescue and Recovery CD - I hear CD loading but don't get past the black "ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery" screen.. which I now know probably is because the "safe" UBUNTU corrupted the HDD.
So , I suspect that I might have to reformat my HDD. .. But on the T60 I am not sure how to do it with the "hidden" partition that is on the Think pad laptops.
Any advice.. WILL BE GREATLY APPREACIATED
TIA
RIch

I am not going to worry much over the PSU, my comp seems to run pretty cool.
Anyways I solved the boot problem and it was not the IDE cable backwards or jumper locations. It was because the drives i was trying to boot from were secondary drives on a dual boot system, i just did advanced install on the new drive and tried using that drive as master. Both 40 gigs are now working...Lesson learned. I am not an expert, but i am getting there
Now i have to figure out the IDE RAID thingie..I know there is already a host of info on it so i will do a search.
Thank you all for your help, and I will probably be here again with something or another, lol.

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KT4 Ultra(6590) over 13 Gb Boot HDD problem

I am stumped...Completely...
I have a KT4 Ultra I am setting up with 512 ram, AMD 1.3 gig XP, WinXP Pro, blah blah, all works fine...But it will not recognize a HDD larger than 13 Gb as master but will as slave.
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2 different 40 gb Seagate ST340810A, and a 20 Gb WD200
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Also they are not recognized as master in IDE3.
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I am not going to worry much over the PSU, my comp seems to run pretty cool.
Anyways I solved the boot problem and it was not the IDE cable backwards or jumper locations. It was because the drives i was trying to boot from were secondary drives on a dual boot system, i just did advanced install on the new drive and tried using that drive as master. Both 40 gigs are now working...Lesson learned. I am not an expert, but i am getting there
Now i have to figure out the IDE RAID thingie..I know there is already a host of info on it so i will do a search.
Thank you all for your help, and I will probably be here again with something or another, lol.

T42 boot-up problem

Hello Lenovo Forum Support Team!
I get the following error messages when booting up my T42, 2378R4U:
User Interface Failure
The Logon User Interface DLL msgina.dll failed to load.
Contact your sys admin to replace the DLL, or restore the original DLL.
Also, the following error message:
svchost.exe - Application Error
The instruction at "0xffbadd11" referenced memory at "0xffbadd11". The memory could not be "read".
Click on OK to terminate the program.
Can you please help me? OS is Win XP Professional.
Thanks!
Jim
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Hi cptjaskirk,
Isn't it the third time you're posting about HDD problems? Could there something on the system board that's causing this? I mean coincidence can happen once or twice, but 3 times is excessive, not impossible but bewildering for certain.
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K8N Neo2 Platinum ed. XP Boot freese problem !!!

After the bios post screen, when the xp logo disappered, it's freese 2-3 minutes. XP starts normally and full functionally after the freese. I have no stability problem.
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Beige G3 boot from **** problem; open firmware issues; bad motherboard?

Dear all,
I'm having huge boot/startup problems with my beige G3 that had been happily running OSX 10.3.9, but for purposes of this discussion we can (mostly) revert to OS 9. Originally, the machine was a G3 @300; was upgraded more than a year ago to a ZIF G4 @500.
To make a long story short, it won't boot from any hard drives, will not boot from any OS X CD, and will only occasionally boot from a 9.x startup CD (whether Apple or Norton Utilities). I think it's an open firmware issue, possibly caused by a bad motherboard (rev. 2).
All this started happening after I used techtool pro, but I think that's coincidence (even though I acknowledge that, for cops and computer users, there are no coincidences.) Also, as discussed below, I'm having the same problems with an HD that wasn't even in the computer when all these things began.
Here are some of the things I've done.
--repeatedly reset PRAM, both with key combinations and removing battery. The only time it will boot from a 9.x CD is after resetting PRAM.
--removed all add-on PCI cards.
--removed additional VRAM
--removed all memory cards and tried replacing one at a time.
--disconnected both existing hard drives and replaced with an older OS 9.x hard drive (approx 60 mb) that I'd used before. Also tried different ribbon cables.
--unplugged floppy drive
--disconnected PCI ATA disk controller that I'd been using for running a large (1.8 gb) hard drive.
--regarding open firmware: readenv usually shows totally normal default AND installed settings. Using reset-all works fine -- at least it makes the machine reboot, but doesn't solve the problem. reset-nvram does NOT work -- says it's an "unknown word."
--using startup keys like holding down the option key, or shift key, or X key or cmd-option plus two others I can't remember, has no effect. Again, after I've tried any kind of reboot, the ONLY way to get the C-key at startup to boot the CD is by resetting the pram (key combination). Otherwise, the usual result of these experiments is a dark screen on startup -- nothing at all (and the LCD monitor tells me "no input.")
--regarding OSX: sometimes (and I emphasize sometimes) I can get the machine to start booting from an OSX 10.2 CD, but it won't complete the process. Sometimes I get a "prohibited" (as in no-parking, no-smoking) icon; sometimes it will start booting (grey screen, OS X Apple icon), then crash (horizontal grey and white jagged bars); sometimes it will show the OS 9 start icon (the tiny smiling Mac SE), but not boot at all.
--when I get the mac successfully booted with an OS 9.x CD (again, this works sometimes, but not always), the old hard drive with two partitions does show on the desktop and can be accessed. Using either disk repair or Norton Utilities shows the 9.2 system partition on the hard drive to be fine. But if I go to the startup disk control panel, confidently set the 9.2 partition as my startup disk, then reboot, there's no change. It won't boot and I'm back at square one.
--even when I do get successfully booted with 9.x, the machine will still occasionally crash for no reason -- ie when I'm moving a Window.
--the only thing I haven't done is slowed down the processor. It's a ZIF G4 bought more than a year ago from XLR8 your Mac. I'm running at the default 500 mhz, and it's never given me any trouble.
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Thanks.

The beige Mac is now operating happily again. My original tentative diagnosis remains the same (although still tentative): corrupted PRAM from bad battery, compounded by bad cables that wrote corrupted data to hard drives, and also (possibly) allowing Tech Tool Pro (a utility that I now regard with deep suspicion) to create a "virtual" startup partition.
A few things I've learned along the way that hopefully may be useful:
--remember that the Ex Post Facto utility can be used to help OS X startup, not just installation. This applies to hard drives, emergency CDs, installation CDs, etc. If you can boot into any working hard drive partition (OS 9 or a backup OS 10), then run Ex Post Facto (same program runs on either OS 9 or X -- don't ask me how) and tell it what system you want to start up from. Also, the utility has sometimes told me that the startup extensions on the disc that I wanted to boot up from were bad, and offered to fix them (which works).
--at least on my Mac (beige, v. 2 motherboard), resetting the CUDA button, resetting the PRAM, resetting Open Firmware and "draining" the memory by unplugging the computer and disconnecting the battery for several hours ALL DO DIFFERENT THINGS.
Specifically, if I'm having trouble booting (from a hard drive or a CD), the FIRST thing I do is restart and resetting the PRAM on the fly -- holding down command, option, P and R at startup, and waiting for the chimes (preferably at least 3-4 times).
If I do that and DON'T hear the chimes, that's my cue for my SECOND action -- restarting into open firmware (command, option O and F keys on startup). That should bring up the black text on white background open firmware screen. View other posts or apple support for details, but if you do PRINTENV and see a bunch of weird gibberish after the default/installed lists, you know that it was messed up and you need to clear it through reset nvram and reset all commands. Be aware some of these commands do or do not work depending upon what version of Open Firmware you have.
After I've rebooted with Open Firmware, then on restart I should be able to reset the PRAM on the fly. If that works, then either let the machine run and see what happens, or hold down the C command and see if it will boot from the CD
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If none of the above works, then I'll try resetting the CUDA (on my beige minitower, it's a very small black button inconveniently located between a PCI slot and the side of the computer housing). Hold it down for 15 seconds. That should REALLY clear the PRAM. I know this does something different from the previous steps because this is the only action (except the battery disconnect -- next) that clears the date and time from the memory.
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Hi, I bought a 13” macbook pro 3 yrs ago.. Its running the latest version of Lion.
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Initially the boot up sound will go off and get stuck on a white screen.
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I’ve clicked on repair disk….after about 15mins
Its saids
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Im currently living in Hong Kong, what should I do now, and if it requires repairs…how much would It cost.
Thanks,
WB

I don't know what happened. It is not a common occurrence. It can be caused by power outages, abnormal shutdowns, software glitches, etc.
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Basic Backup
Get an external drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
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I came up with an idea to solve the above problem. But I don't know whether it actually works, so I'm seeking for advice. I was hoping if I run Disk Utility from start up, make two partitions (or more) for the mac HD, one HD being the one holding all the data, and the remaining being empty. Then I can format the empty one (which seems rather redundant), and do the Boot Camp thing on this partition. However, there are two points I have doubts with. One, if I split my current single mac HD into multiples of partitions, will any or even all my data be lost? Because I can only specify how much to partition, I wouldn't have the chance to "tell" the computer to keep all existing data on one partition. Two, I know that Boot Camp can run on an external HD, so is it possiible to run on a different partition?

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Whereas, not everyone here with an Intel iMac has installed, tried to install or has experience with BC & XP, everyone there has or at least has an interest. You may attract help more quickly there.
The Forum is at the bottom of the main Apple Discussions page under Windows Compatible Technology.
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HP G70-120EA upgrade HDD problem

I've been having problems with my notebook crashing. A test confirms it's a HDD problem. So I buy a replacement HDD exactly the same as before (WD Scorpio Blue) only this time 320GB. The original was 160GB.
I've fitted the new HDD and tried 3 times to reinstall the software using the Recovery discs. But it keeps failing to install the software properly.
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Your help is appreciated.
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Hi,
What is the error. Yesterday, I swapped HDD on one of my laptops from 160GB to 750GB w/o any problem. My suggestion is to check the BIOS and upgrade it.
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Thank you for your reply.
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> ...tool called HDD protection utility.
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Had alarm set for this morn,turned phone off last night,(as I,ve done many times).Alarm went off...silenced alarm,ok.Then I got an option of "Do you want to turn phone on"?...I hit yes...and thats my problem.
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Hi and thanks for replying...
I have removed memory card but theres still nothing happening...
Since my topic starter,Ihad the battery out...just replaced it...done a hard reset...and now it has booted up...
Next step is to swap all my contacts from Sim to Phone....
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I had a boot up problem with my MBP just about one month ago. I took it into the Apple store and they replaced the graphics card. Everything worked just fine until this morning. I went to turn my MBP on. I didn't hear the chime and it went to the gray screen with the apple and the spinner at the bottom. Not even 90seconds later it turns black. I tried to refresh the PRAM but it doesn't even recognize that I'm doing that.
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I purchased a Formac Gallery 1900 19" LCD in the January sales and now have that connected as main monitor. This works fine with Leopard however Vista has issues. Starting up with the alt key option, I get the MacOS/Windows disk choices come up as usual and select 'Windows' to get Vista, but then the screen goes black and into 'sleep' mode (pulsing front light). After a little time and some disk activity, the computer reboots itself into Leopard. Next time I do start Windows successfully it reports an unsuccessful startup last time.
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Bad cable? using same port on the X1900?
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