From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Fri Aug 23 2002 - 03:01:05 EDT
joe..
<------------------------------->
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <ibmtp_x24_at_yahoo.com>
To: "Thinkpad List" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 2:05 AM
Subject: Recovery CD / Utilities
> Hi Folks... First post. New TP user -- just bought
> X24.
>
> My question is related to this issue of Recovery
> Disks. I was able to get my hands on the 2662-MXU
> model, which has 2K. The MWU (way backordered) is the
> exact same model except with XP. I have an XP licensed
> CD, and I plan to fdisk/format and install a fresh
> copy of XP. I shouldn't have any problems/conflicts,
> right, since the MWU is identical to the MXU?
yes..
>
> Also, what do I do about the pre-installed Thinkpad
> utilities? Supposedly the recovery CD is compressed,
there should be a recovery partition on the HDD..
you can format the HDD without touching that..
or fdisk it and destroy it..
you can also order a set of recovery CD's, free, from IBM..
> so I won't have any way to install these things if I
> format the HD. Are my going to be able to download
> these things online? Are any of the utilities even
yes and yes..
get the utilities and such drivers that are not included with WinXP..
> worth having or necessary? I'm one of those who likes
> to have as little junk as possible on my machine.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --- Bill Morrow <penzance_at_gate.net> wrote:
> > MOST problems are due to NOT haveing the startup
> > options set thus:
> > 1. CD
> > 2. Floppy
> > 3. HDD
> >
> > you need to run the recovery process through to the
> > end and what probably
> > happened is it did not make it to the CMD file that
> > sets WinXP up..
> >
> > in any event, set the boot sequence as above and
> > start over..
> >
> > i THINK WXP will set itself up as NTFS once the
> > recovery process is finished
> > and all the drivers and utilities are in place..
> > if not, just do it manually, but for safety sake,
> > reboot first.. :-)
> >
> > <------------------------------->
> > Cordially, :-)
> > Bill Morrow
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> >
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> > E-Mail: bill at thinkpads dot com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "TD" <ouatic_at_texas.net>
> > To: "Thinkpad List" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 7:14 PM
> > Subject: Problem using Recovery CD on A31
> >
> >
> > > Hey guys,
> > >
> > > I called IBM earlier this week to obtain the
> > recovery CDs for a new A31 so
> > > that I could FDISK the hard drive and partition
> > the drive into 2 20 GB
> > > drives instead of the single 40 GB it came as.
> > >
> > > So I fdisk the HD..deleting all
> > partitions...created the two new
> > partitions
> > > C&D and then booted up the 1st recovery CD.
> > >
> > > The 1st Recovery CD just restores WinXP...but it
> > automatically formats the
> > > drive to a FAT32 file system. I know that I can
> > convert the files system
> > > using the CONVERT command...but the Windows XP
> > help system recommends not
> > > doing that...it recommends installing WinXP on a
> > preformated NTFS drive.
> > >
> > > So I go ahead and convert the C drive to
> > NTSF...and restart the 1st
> > recovery
> > > CD thinking that since I already converted the
> > drive to NTSF....the
> > recovery
> > > CD would recognize the file system and therefore
> > install the OS with the
> > > same properties...but nope...it reformats the
> > system back into FAT32.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know if there is any way to
> > restinstall WinXP using the
> > recovery
> > > CDs and have it format the drive using a NTFS file
> > system? I would expect
> > > that the install system would at least give you an
> > option to choose which
> > > file system to install? And with IBM being
> > marketed at the business
> > sector
> > > why would the default install be to a less secure
> > file system like FAT32?
> > >
> > > Anyways...any help with this is appreciated.
> > >
> > > -TD-
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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