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Thinkpad 500 locked up at Windows Start Screen

Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:06 pm
by ttreddles
I have tried a boot disk, reset by removing battery and nothing works. I really don't want to re-install Windows 7 (32bit) and lose all my docs, picturs et all. Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Thinkpad 500 locked up at Windows Start Screen

Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:18 pm
by ScottyBoy
Does attempting to access the Safe Boot Mode, via the F8 Key, fail?

Have you tried booting off of a Linux CD/DVD/USB Stick to confirm it's not a hardware related issue with the HDD?