How did you install Vista in a different way? I have tried using G-parted to try and fix the MBR but that did nothing for me unfortunately. Every utility I try and look at that partition through it is 100% free space, and the MBR appears fine.

Any thoughts on the TPM??

In windows disk manager it shows the hidden partition as being there, but has 100% free space. When I push the blue ThinkVantage button during boot up, after having installed Vista (since i have the cd's now I can restore the hard drive to original factory state, including the hidden recovery partit...

I can't do that actually, since Vista cleared my R&R partition (I posted about that a while ago and never heard a response). I did get the recovery CD's from Lenovo and have restored to factory state with XP twice now, and it does not clear the TPM.

That did not work. I tried holding ESC until it turned on and then pressed F1 to get into BIOS, looked around in there, and nothing showed up in any of the menus. I then tried holding ESC while the laptop turned on, and continued to hold it while pressing F1 and getting into BIOS. Again, looked in e...

Hello,

Well Vista has done it. It has muffed up my TPM module and so I had to uninstall the Client Security Suite, and disable the TPM in BIOS just to get it to boot up. Is there any way of clearing the data in the TPM and start back at square one like it came out of the factory?

Thanks!

The fingerprint software works on my T60p that I have installed Vista Enterprise VL onto, clean install. The fingerprint side of it works, meaning I can login using my fingerprint and a domain account. However when vista starts the Client Security Solution asks me to re-authenticate and when I put i...

Hello All! First time poster here. I just installed Windows Vista Enterprise (MSDN Subscription) 32 bit onto my T60p and now I can not get into the recovery partition!! In disk manager in XP before the install the partition showed as 15% free space left (of 5GB), and after Vista install, 100% free s...