RE: [Thinkpad] Restore CD's

> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 00:17:34 -0800
> From: "Nigel Shiftright" <saab_900@gmx.net>

> I am wondering, where and if I could acquire a restore CD-rom or
> floppy set for my <expletive deleted> 560 (2640-10U). Since I own the
> machine, I would think that legally, right, I would own the licenses for
> the pre-installed software, which as I would think, would mainly be
> Windows 95 and Office 97 Professional. Anyway, so then it would be legal
> for me to use the Win 95 and Office 97 CD's I have right here on this
> machine? (despite both CD's and keycodes being used on another machine).
> I also need all the Thinkpad-specific software and drivers for the 560.

Checking twbook.pdf (which I'm in all the time lately), that machine came
with Win95 OSR2, and no copy of Office. Office is downright rare on
ThinkPads. Now that doesn't mean it really didn't have Office, or it wasn't
installed by a vendor, so I've been completely useless. IBM says it came
with Lotus Organizer and SmartSuite on CD.

However, even the latest version of Office XP still allows you to install
the software on a desktop and portable machine (hard to believe, I know), so
you may be covered in the Office license. Of course, you can install Sun's
OpenOffice for free, but it won't be happy with 16mo RAM either.

According to Microsoft, the license is not allowed to be transferred except
with the machine, so the machine SHOULD still be licensed for Win95. I'm
going to assume you know what OS you want on your machine and not go on
about adding RAM and running something more modern on your P133. (XP Home
says 233MHz and 64MB RAM required, but more is better; even Red Hat Linux 9
says 400MHz and 192mo are recommended.)

> I still want to run IBM PC DOS 2000 on the machine, but maybe a dual
> boot with Win 95 (since W2k seems to not be viable on a 133mhz machine
> with 16mo ram, so good for my "Y2K everythang" idea (wanted to have
> Office 2K too)).

> Anyone know?

So, you can install Win95 pretty easily by copying the files from the CD,
then also copying IBM's supplemental files to the same directory before
running Setup. That should go pretty well. Also, be sure to install the
patches from Microsoft and burn them to CD before MS decides to stop
offering them. (At least service pack 1, the Y2K patch and dial-up
networking 1.4.)

And someone on this list just might have restore disks handy.

Best of luck

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Received on Sun Jan 4 01:51:22 2004