ibm think pad won't shut down. restarts after shut down.

[alidabiri]

hi folks,
i might have seen this error message before, but i can't read the whole thing. it was something to the effect of "not less than or equal". this is when i shut down and the blue screen appears for 1 or 2 seconds then the pc restarts. any suggestions? it's draining my battery.
thanks.

 

[m33sta]

Really to get you on the right track we need to see the full message that appears on you BSD. To do this right click my computer select properties/advanced/start up recovery/ and deselect the tick box that says Automatically restart. The next time it happens write down all the info givern on the BSD and repost

 

[alidabiri]

thanks m33sta
i tried that for future uses. i also went to f8 to back out to the "last known good configuration" and it solved the problem. it turned out that someone had tried to install a paralell floppy drive and had not finished it successfully, and had disabled it. i think next time, i will have a better chance of seeing the actual error message.
thanks again.