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Lenovo Rapidboot removal

#1 Post by visionviper » Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:36 pm

Apparently I made the "mistake" of installing Rapidboot. I get constant BSODs from this. When I go to remove it it causes the computer to BSOD. I can;t remove it in safe mode because Microsoft doesn't allow the Windows Installer service to run (which means I can't uninstall the program).

Anyone had to deal with this before and found a way to get it removed?

I am hoping I can do it without going through and manually cleaning it out. I suppose I could also just re-install Windows.
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Re: Lenovo Rapidboot removal

#2 Post by ozzymud » Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:56 pm

I'm assuming Windows 7 here...

but another user on Lenovo forums had the same issue (blue screen on uninstall)

goto services, and see if Superfetch and VSS are disabled... if so, enable, then try uninstall.

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Re: Lenovo Rapidboot removal

#3 Post by visionviper » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:28 pm

Thanks. VSS was disabled.
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Re: Lenovo Rapidboot removal

#4 Post by Colonel O'Neill » Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:18 am

I think you can just nuke the Program Files\RapidBoot and ProgramData\Lenovo\RapidBoot folder from a bootable installation that supports NTFS read/write.
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