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yup Smarteyball is right looks like a ram problem. test as suggested if test fails, remove ram and use a Rubber (the ones you use to erase a pencil) cut it in to a V then carefully wipe the connections. reinstall the ram. And all should be well.

Hi SmarteyeBall,

I am sure that it is not a hardware error now. Firstly, I did run PC Doctor which Lenovo asked me to and found nothing wrong with the hardware. As to the memory, I reseated my two RAM cards, tried running with each of them once and the problem still persisted.

Also, I used a 2.5 inch HDD enclosure to extract data from my HDD using a friends computer. But as soon as I plugged in the USB to his computer, that crashed too and restarted with a message saying that "Windows has recovered from a Serious Error". I disabled auto play in his laptop and scanned the drive using Symantec Antivirus and found the drive clean. So I doubt if it is a virus or a malware as something with such serious effects would definitely be detected by Symantec.

So, still no idea what is wrong. If I use the Windows vista cd to repair the problem, will I lose the data in my hard drive?

Hi Ivars, Using the Vista DVD to perform a repair, you should not lose your data, unless you perform a clean installation. Have you had a look at Brinks tutorials? This should help point you in the right direction (hopefully ) Repair Install For Vista

Since you were able to got your data of the drive it also may be worth getting the error report of it.

Can you start in safe mode or VGA only mode? Remove all your RAM in order and put them on a piece of paper. Put the second stick only in the first slot and see if it boots.

If you are overclocking, reset to default. This can cause the errors.

I solved my problem, though I still do not know what the problem was.

I took my laptop to my office where there were other laptops ordered in the same lot and with same configuration. I simply put my hard drive into another system and after some repair, my windows started. I also put the new systems hard drive into my earlier laptop and even that started!

I would love to say I do not feel dumb, but I very much do. If the previous laptops hardware was compatible with the new laptops drive, then why did it crash non stop for over 24 hrs on this hard drive. The two systems are similar in every configuration.

I might mention that I did try one memory stick at a time in the earlier laptop and in both cases my system did not start.

Where do I find my error log? I would like to solve this so that if there is anything wrong with the hardware I can call up the Lenovo support and get it rectified (the system that gave me trouble is in the office now and will eventually be used for someone. It should be working by then...)

Thanks again guys.

There's no need to feel dumb, just feel perplexed

You can look at the error logs in Event Viewer. There's also another way to view them but for the life of me I can't remember where it is! (Now who feels dumb )

It's good that you at least got it working again