Re: recovering thinkpad 1451?? help!

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Mon Apr 23 2001 - 00:44:13 EDT

i checked the IBM site last night, after it returned, and there is no
recovery CD boot diskette image there..
it might be that one from another thinkpad would work..

BUT..

the CD sure should boot in the CD..

Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Morrow" <penzance_at_gate.net>
To: "James Herald" <herald_at_tarkus.pha.jhu.edu>; "thinkpad mailing list"
<thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 1:11 AM
Subject: Re: recovering thinkpad 1451?? help!

> be SURE that you are using the bootable CD..
> be sure that the CD is selected first in the boot device order, thus: CD,
> Floppy, HDD..
>
> if this does not work, go to the IBM driver site (link on my web site)
where
> you should find a floppy image for booting for the recovery CD..
> i would verify that the diskette image is there but the ibm site is down
> right this moment..
>
> Cordially, :-)
> Bill Morrow
> WEB page http://thinkpads.com
> thinkpads.com Open Forum
> http://www.afaonline.com:8080/webboard/$webb.exe/~2/login?
> or go to thinkpads.com and link from there
> E-Mail: bill at thinkpads dot com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Herald" <herald_at_tarkus.pha.jhu.edu>
> To: "thinkpad mailing list" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 3:41 PM
> Subject: recovering thinkpad 1451?? help!
>
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a IBM thinkpad 1451, and I want to do a complete re-install of
> > the OS. I have the recovery cdrom, which has a little slip of paper
> > saying I can just insert it, boot the system and follow the
> > directions. But when it boots it bypasses the cdrom completly! I
> > have cdrom boot enabled in the bios. As far as boot devices go, it
> > does not give me an option of booting from the cdrom. So maybe there
> > is a recovery boot floppy disk that does along with the recovery cd?
> > Its been a long time and I don't remember ever having such a floppy.
> > I've been searching the IBM sight and find no reference to one either.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to do a reinstall using the recovery cdrom for
> > the thinkpad 1451?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > jim
> >
>
>

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