mehowe wrote:

I am getting lots of critical errors in the event viewer. Event ID = 100,
200, 400, 307, 402.... (Below are the details for a couple of them). I
have
seen several posts on the web for this issue but no solutions. It seems
to be an issue that affects a lot of vista installs on all different pc /
laptops. I'm running an IBM (lenovo) T61 laptop. I don't know if these
issues are related but frequently when I reboot the laptop it will hang
during the boot up. When this happens I need to Hard Boot the laptop, I
will then get the message that windows did not shut down correctly and
asks to 1)
run a repair restore or 2) boot window normal. Sometimes I need to do
this
several times before it will boot up. I?m afraid the day is coming where
it will not boot up at all.

(snip lengthy logs)

The fact that computer will frequently hang on bootup and that the errors
are various points to hardware issues rather than software (Vista) issues.
However, there are two quick ways to find out before you contact Lenovo
tech support for repair/replacement.

Before you do anything else, make sure you have backed up your data to
removable media.

1. Boot the computer with a Linux Live CD. My preference is for Knoppix, but
there are others. If the computer exhibits the same symptoms - hanging,
slow to respond, etc. - while running under Linux, then you can be sure it
is a hardware problem.

2. Or restore the computer to factory condition using whatever method was
provided by Lenovo. If the machine behaves perfectly after doing this, you
will know that something you had installed was causing the issue - possibly
malware, possibly bad drivers. If the machine continues to have problems,
then you know the culprit is failing hardware (which is what I suspect).

Malke
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