Laoptop only boots into the Thinkvantage software

[vinny77]

so I reinstalled windows on my friends laptop. I had to delete the c:\ partition due to coruuption and it would not allow me to reformat it. when I did this the d:\(ibm service) partition became the
c:\(ibm service) . I then installed windows xp on the d:\ drive. But now after a few updates throgh the thinkvantage updater, the laptop everytime boots into the thinkvantage resuce and recovery OS. The only way i have found to get back into windows is to go to troubleshooting and then "diagnosing Hardware " option which will boot me into windows.

how can I get around this.

[vinny77]

can anybody please help/.

[cmarti]

Do you have an external storage where you can remove the drive from the laptop and format it completely? you can delete all the partitions and the reinstall the fresh copy of xp. After that first thing is install the software installer and run it so you receive all the drivers and software that your system require.

Hope this helps...