Hi,
I have a Amilo Pro v8010 and have it running fine since a year.. The laptop has been acting up in the last 10 days .. It started by abruptly rebooting in the middle of an WinXP session.
After reboot , chkdsk started, then hang, another manual reboot, again chkdsk, hang....
This cycle kept continuing.
I backed up my data and reformatted the machine... Tried installing and repairing ( I know they are different ) but it hangs in the middle of the installation itself.
Changed install disks but no avail. My laptop did not have a OS when I bought it , so no recovery CD either. THE BIOS for the ACHI is disabled.
Then I got hold of Hiren Boot CD and tried all diagnostics on the memory, motherboard and HDD also. All passed fine.
Then I booted up with Windows XP Live CD, that also went off fine.
I also booted up with the SUSE linux CD , that also went off fine.
First I thought it may have been some bad sector on the HDD causing the prob but the diagnostics said all was well, no bad sectors. I also opened up the Memory case and used an air blower to dust off, but did not see any dust there in the first place.
I am at loss to figure out what to do next. Any Ideas will be greatly appreciated.
Am planning to install Red Hat Linux tonight and then XP in a bid to resolve the current impasse.
Thanks In adv
John.