From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Fri May 07 1999 - 16:05:55 EDT
well.. there are a bunch of odd files, but the one you want will stand out..
let me look at my 770Z recovery CD..
i just opened one of the preload image files..
just use winzip or the like and open the files with the extension .IMZ
its ALL THERE.. :-)
M. Kokaly wrote:
> It is?
>
> When I tried to unzip, untar, un anything on the recovery CD, it
> wouldn't let me! Am I missing something?
>
> I had an unsupported CDROM. I started hacking the recovery boot diskette
> to get it too load my drivers. Almost got it to work. Finally threw my
> hands up in disgust and copied the CAB files from the included Companion
> CD and the setup files from a version of Windows from work using the dos
> drivers for the CD and a windows boot disk.
>
> Matt
>
> On Fri, 7 May 1999, Bill Morrow wrote:
>
> > the recovery image is a ZIP file..
> > copy it and unzip it..!
> >
> > John Kim wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 7 May 1999, Bill Morrow wrote:
> > >
> > > > Vincent..
> > > > There are two CD's supplied with the 770 series now..
> > > > the first is the preload recovery CD.. which, as you say,
> > > > recovers the HDD to the factory preload..
> > >
> > > Does this bother anyone else? I know it's to cut down on
> > > software piracy, but it basically means I pay for a one-user
> > > license for Windows, but I'm only allowed to use it on the
> > > machine it came with unless I jump through hoops and hack the
> > > files to load it onto another machine. It's part of the
> > > reason I'm still using W95 OSR2 (which I have a "pure" CD
> > > for). (The other reason is that my 560 doesn't have a CD-ROM
> > > drive so I can't use its recovery CD - copying its contents to
> > > the HD doesn't work since the first thing the recovery process
> > > does is repartition and reformat the HD. :-)
> > >
> > > --
> > > John H. Kim
> > > kim_at_stormhaven.org
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...
> >
> > ** Bill Morrow ** :-)
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> > e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net
> > 770Z-8AU, 760ED, 760CD, (5)701C, 560E, 755CE, 750C et al...
> >
> > Including, but not limited to, Subject to prior sale, Your mileage will
> > vary, Done on a
> > closed road with a professional driver AND Do not try this at home..
> >
> >
> >
-- Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...** Bill Morrow ** :-) Compuserve Thinkpad(c) Forum Sysop WEB page http://thinkpads.com Thinkpad User Community: http://thinkpads.com/enter.html e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net 770Z-8AU, 760ED, 760CD, (5)701C, 560E, 755CE, 750C et al...
Including, but not limited to, Subject to prior sale, Your mileage will vary, Done on a closed road with a professional driver AND Do not try this at home..
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