Trouble Recovering OS

grearmann333 · 11-16-2008, 09:10 PM

Own a ThinkPad T42, which my brother (a missionary in Peru) gave me when he upgraded. My wife downloaded the Facebook virus a couple days ago, and I ran some malware that fixed. Trouble is, internet would no longer work, so I decided to reformat and start from scratch. I ran the recovery from the disks he gave me, and went all the way through the process as instructed. Now, every time I reboot, it puts me back in the recovery mode, which I cannot get out of--and I don't have the disk still in the CD-Rom! How do I get out of this loop and get to use my computer again? Or, is there something else I should be doing to recover?

I appreciate any help you can give,
Mark

dai · 11-16-2008, 09:15 PM

the recovery disks usually work in conjunction with a recovery partition
did you format the whole drive and wipe this partition off the drive

grearmann333 · 11-16-2008, 09:20 PM

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly!!!

How would I do that? I just put in the first disk, clicked on 'Recover Original Software' or something like that, and followed the directions from there, which basically meant putting in eight disks. So, I have no idea what I did.
Mark

dai · 11-16-2008, 09:27 PM

i just wondered if you had
press the eject button and at the same time try and prise open the draw

grearmann333 · 11-16-2008, 09:34 PM

I'm sorry--not sure what 'prise open the draw' means? I can open the cd with no problem. I just cannot get out of the 'recovery' mode. I get put back into it every time I reboot, whether I have the recovery disk in or not.

Mark

dai · 11-17-2008, 07:59 AM

download and run the hard drive manufacturers diognostic uftility on the hard drive

11-16-2008, 09:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
grearmann333 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Trouble Recovering OS Own a ThinkPad T42, which my brother (a missionary in Peru) gave me when he upgraded. My wife downloaded the Facebook virus a couple days ago, and I ran some malware that fixed. Trouble is, internet would no longer work, so I decided to reformat and start from scratch. I ran the recovery from the disks he gave me, and went all the way through the process as instructed. Now, every time I reboot, it puts me back in the recovery mode, which I cannot get out of--and I don't have the disk still in the CD-Rom! How do I get out of this loop and get to use my computer again? Or, is there something else I should be doing to recover? I appreciate any help you can give, Mark

11-16-2008, 09:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,771 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: Trouble Recovering OS the recovery disks usually work in conjunction with a recovery partition did you format the whole drive and wipe this partition off the drive __________________

11-16-2008, 09:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
grearmann333 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Re: Trouble Recovering OS Thanks for getting back to me so quickly!!! How would I do that? I just put in the first disk, clicked on 'Recover Original Software' or something like that, and followed the directions from there, which basically meant putting in eight disks. So, I have no idea what I did. Mark Last edited by grearmann333; 11-16-2008 at 09:26 PM.

11-16-2008, 09:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,771 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: Trouble Recovering OS i just wondered if you had press the eject button and at the same time try and prise open the draw __________________

11-16-2008, 09:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
grearmann333 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Re: Trouble Recovering OS I'm sorry--not sure what 'prise open the draw' means? I can open the cd with no problem. I just cannot get out of the 'recovery' mode. I get put back into it every time I reboot, whether I have the recovery disk in or not. Mark

11-17-2008, 07:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,771 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: Trouble Recovering OS download and run the hard drive manufacturers diognostic uftility on the hard drive __________________