Re: [Thinkpad] Acronis True Image -- what's your smart procedure?

I've never actually used Thinkpad recovery disks -- you can use those with a
new unformatted drive of a different make/size/speed than the original
drive?

thanks, -Scott

> > I've not seen this with at least 10-12 machines installing Win2k,
> WinXP
> > or Novell's SLED (desktop)...
>
> I think as long as the new HD is formatted *in the target machine*, and
> *not* by the imaging software, he should be OK. I'm not sure why this
> is an advantage over using the TP recovery disks, though; the latter are
> quick and easy.
>
> David
>
>
> > Lee
> >
> > Scott Matthews wrote:
> > >> If you have a drive failure, there is a good chance you will have
> to
> > >> first restore the drive using the TP recovery disks anyway - TPs
> often
> > >> seem to not like drives unless they are initially formatted from
> scratch
> > >> in the machine this way. After you do that, just run Acronis
> > >>
> > >
> > > You're saying that if I put a new drive into a TP, and then boot a
> Microsoft
> > > installer disk, that there's a "good chance" that the TP won't let
> me do so?
> > > Unless I first somehow format the new disk with Lenovo restore
> disks?
> > >
> > > Not sure I follow?
> > >
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Received on Sun Nov 11 19:08:56 2007