for some reason ill be doing stuff on my computer and it will just randomly shut down on me,
I have an IBM thinkpad T42 runing XP pro service pack1. Its done it at least 4 times, and the second time it happened when i tried to start my comp i got a blue screen error saying that the boot file couldnt befound so i had to do a repair using the XP disk

any guesses as to whats causeing the problems and what i can do to fix it?

10/27/2005 2:34:52 PM

overheating?

10/27/2005 2:36:00 PM

i dont think so, it is a laptop and it is pretty much always on, but i have never had that problem before and it starts right back up whn i turn it on

10/27/2005 2:38:26 PM

r3form4t

10/27/2005 7:13:44 PM

Check the logs. I'm guessing hard drive.

10/27/2005 7:16:16 PM

it just did it again, is there any apps i can run or anything to see if its a hard drive error?

10/27/2005 8:23:46 PM

Does it reboot or power off when this happens?

10/27/2005 8:34:44 PM

it randomly hibernates or shuts down

10/27/2005 9:13:55 PM

something's overheating...i'll bet money on it

r3form4t, and see if it still happens

10/27/2005 10:28:36 PM

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"r3form4t, and see if it still happens"

how exactly would reformatting help a possible hardware issue?

10/27/2005 10:47:43 PM

Samuel L. Jackson says:
"Cool that bitch down!"

10/27/2005 10:51:13 PM

if its a cooling issue then reformating wont help dipshit, thanks for teh advice though

10/28/2005 1:38:34 AM

go to system properties in control panel and select advanced and startup and recovery settings. uncheck auto restart and check write an event and send an admin alert.

then when it happens again check windows event viewer in the admin tools section of control panel for any programs causing it.

also run a program like motherboard monitor that logs temps and refer to them after your next crash.

10/28/2005 4:08:18 AM

what exactly am i looking for in there?

10/28/2005 4:11:10 PM

any errors or warnings in application or system tabs

10/28/2005 4:24:43 PM