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    Thinkpad w/ XP boot freeze & unexpected shutdown

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by vaw, Aug 24, 2009.

  1. vaw

    vaw Notebook Deity

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    My new thinkpad has been having boot problem and unexpected shutdown. It is windows XP Pro.

    Booting problem:

    After turning on, screen stays at "Please wait..." after XP window and before the login screen. I wait for 5-10 minutes, no change (unlikely to change at all), so I press Ctrl-Alt-Del, then the login screen appears, BUT after entering password, it freezes again, and the cursor would disappear within th login rectangle frame (it reappears if mouse moves it outside the login frame). The only thing I can do is to press the power switch to force shutdown. But when turning on again, the same happens.

    Unexpected shutdown:

    Once the machine just all of a sudden shut down by itself. It was not power outage because the 2-prong AC-adapter-plugged-in indicator was still on.

    Are these XP problem or Thinkpad problem? :confused:
     
    vaw, Aug 24, 2009
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    Your Thinkpad model? How about getting into Safe Mode and give it a good defrag and chkdsk first?

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Aug 24, 2009
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