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| Thread ID: 121307 | 2011-10-20 02:33:00 | removing bad xp install | starrekin61 (10116) | Press F1 |
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| 1238734 | 2011-10-22 21:42:00 | I would have my suspicions on any hardware being the problems. I suspect you actually gave yourself the answer in post 4> I have a lenovo, and it was a gateway laptop disc that was used to install XP. If you try to use a recovery CD, assuming it is, then of course you'll have problems. The recovery CD will have drivers for the Gateway, NOT the lenovo, so it will be loading in drivers that are not compatible with the hardware. You cant use a recovery CD from one manufacture for another manufactures product. |
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| 1238735 | 2011-10-23 04:26:00 | hi again. will try parted magic next. puppy linux did not work the way it nshould and i'm not sure why. it froze in the middle of booting, with a strange message: kernel panic - not synching: attempted to kill init! went to puppy forum, trying to find an answer there, too. I have an older thinkpad and a netbook - just wondering if i could use the hard drives from one of those maybe? any ideas? thanks for the help, any suggestions at this point are appreciated. |
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| 1238736 | 2011-10-23 04:55:00 | I'm no linux expert (far from it) , but from one of their help forums, the message means: When you see this message, it's almost always at boot-time, and the real messages ... the cause of the actual failure ... will be found in the startup messages immediately preceding this one. This is often the case with kernel-panics. init encountered something "really bad," and it didn't know what to do, so it died, so the kernel died too. As kjaada mentioned before it could be RAM, but then again it can be many other things as well. No point in guessing, you'll get no where -- download Memtest http://www.memtest86.com/ on the left click Download,get the ISO (windows) unzip it, then using ISO burning software burn the File ( its only tiny) boot from the CD, if the memory is faulty it will show in RED, usually a lot of it as well.Let it run for a couple of hours if no red shows. If all is well then there will be another problem someplace. Does Parted magic work/ boot OK ?? I have an older thinkpad and a netbook - just wondering if i could use the hard drives from one of those maybe? any ideas? As long as the pins are the same, then yes , meaning if the Lenovo had IDE and the others are IDE as well they will fit -- BUT the OS, assuming it has one installed on the drive(s) more than likely wont boot anyway as the Drivers are meant for a different laptop. As I posted before -- if you are trying to install windows on a lenovo, from a gateway CD -- its not going to work :groan:, esp if it is a recovery CD, the drivers will all be wrong -- you will need a straight copy of XP. If you want to install XP, you need a straight copy that will allow you to remove any partitions, install that then download / Install the correct drivers for your model from Lenovo's site. |
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