HELP!!!!!!!!

[boodie]

Right, I need some serious help here, or perhaps someone to push me into
the right place.

My laptop an IBM thinkpad p4 3ghz yadda yadaa, running win xphome developed
a problem, it became unstable, so I decided that I would reinstall it, i
used the custom install program that comes on the laptop, because you have
to, and when i installed none of my zip files or rar files or even exe's
would unzip rar or exe, it kept on saying that the files were corrupt,which
is not true, as i tested the files on three other computers.

So i wiped the HD (barring the 5mb that IBM hide all their help files and
save programs on, becaise you cant delete this bit, it just doesnt
recognise it as a partition) and reinstalled from scratch..


same bloody problem.

does anyone have any ideas..
oh and the HD is fine, there are no virii, no faults nothing

Comments

[ellobahn.livejournal.com]

http://www.ibm.com/support/au/

I can't really help further without the Model Number and maybe even the Type. You can find the Type by looking on the IBM info plate that is usually found on the bottom of the system. I found mine sitting on top of a bar code at the bottom of that plate along with the serial number (s/n).

Keep in touch. I'll check to see if you're on ICQ or Yahoo IM during the day.

[funnelwebkitten.livejournal.com]

been there, done that, and no bloody help at all

[rallyfurre.livejournal.com]

Stupid question, I know, but is there an IBM dealer in the area or a service center close by?

I'm guessing it's not that old so it should be covered under warranty for problems like this.

[funnelwebkitten.livejournal.com]

*nods*

it has a return to base, but i'm exhasting all options first.

[elektron.livejournal.com]

Um, does anything run at all?

Unless there's something wrong with winrar/winzip, it sounds like it may be a processor problem (but usually processor problems, say, stop it from booting).

[bobbain.livejournal.com]

Take it back and ask IBM to fix it if it's under warranty.... assuming of course there's nothing into the corrupt files you wouldn't wish them to see :-)