Re: [Thinkpad] First Time Poster....760el Recovery Disk????

Doesn't matter if it came with restore disks or not.
You can load Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, or XP on it
from a standard Windows CD. ME works the best. If you
use 98 you have to download a bunch of drivers from
the IBM website. XP will run but is pretty slow.

--- Jim Stone <jhstone@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Long time lurker, first time poster, so be gentle
> :)
>
> I recently purchased a 760EL....The unit did not
> include a
> recovery/restore disk/cd. I have been searching
> E-bay for several
> months, and have seen recovery CDs for what seems
> like every Thinkpad
> model EXCEPT the 760 series? Did the 760 series
> originally come with a
> recovery/restore cd/disk? Is there some reason
> that recovery CDs for
> this series are so rare? Are these available direct
> from
> IBM?...cost? Can anyone furnish an alternate
> source for a 760 series
> recovery CD. And finally will I need a recovery cd
> explicitly for a
> 760EL, or will any 760 series CD work?
>
> This unit was a business machine and the previous
> owner/company deleted
> much of the original system software that was not
> directly related to
> their specific application. I would like to restore
> the unit to its
> original factory software installation.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Stone
>
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Received on Fri Apr 4 00:44:15 2003