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    T61 giving me many problems HELP!!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by uhfradarwill, Oct 3, 2011.

  1. uhfradarwill

    uhfradarwill Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just bought a T61 off of Craigslist; may be the ultimate problem.
    The seller said he just did a fresh install of Windows 7 on it. I was using the windows 7 and when I went to boot it up after awhile off, I get the dreaded "cannot load user profile" message. I did get into the desktop with an account it made but shortly after I got several warning windows saying that so and so can not be written to some hex address. The machine powered down and would not boot up again. All I had was an XP setup disk so I ran that and found all partitions were gone, just a big lump of unpartioned space.

    I loaded win XP SP3 and all seemed fine but at random times those write to disk errors come back, the machine shuts down. Again all partitions are deleted.

    I thought it was the hard drive so I put in a new 250Gig. LOaded win XP fine and it was good for a day or so. I just booted it up again and the cannot load user profile thing is happening again.
    Do you guys know of a reason this keeps happening? Is it the drive controller maybe?
    Thanks for any input.
    Will
     
    uhfradarwill, Oct 3, 2011
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  2. ThinkRob

    ThinkRob Notebook Deity

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    Bad RAM? Bad planar?

    Run memtest86+. If it passes a couple full runs then my guess is a bad planar.
     
    ThinkRob, Oct 3, 2011
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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    is returning this machine an option?
     
    lead_org, Oct 3, 2011
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  4. uhfradarwill

    uhfradarwill Notebook Enthusiast

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    This soo strange.
    I just reloaded windows XP SP3 with no MAtrix storage manager driver, just kept using the compatibility mode. I thought the hard drive controller might have an issue.

    I was all loaded with SP3, had installed AVG security and had all my Lenovo drivers on the desktop. I started seeing them disappear one by one from the desktop. They weren't going to the trash bin either. Then all my quick launch icons were gone. I rebooted and guess what, "cannot load user profile ".

    Is there a virus in my BIOS maybe?
    This is a new one to me.
    Will
     
    uhfradarwill, Oct 4, 2011
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