I use Apricorn EZgig to make Clones of my HD... ...If I Clone from External to Internal, the Clone is 100% reliable... ...I also make Image Backups (of the Internal Drive) to a External Drive in USB Enclosure. The one time that I restored a Image from the External Drive to Internal Drive, it was a ...

I use Apricorn EZgig to make Clones of my HD. I have found that if I clone From Internal to External (Drive in USB Enclosure), the resulting Clone (after mounting it in the internal Drive Bay) is not reliable. About 20% if the time, it will not boot, just a blinking cursor. If I Clone from External ...

I periodically Clone my original drive to a backup drive. You must remove the Original Drive from the Thinkpad and mount it in the external Drive Enclosure. Install the Drive that you are Cloning TO inside the Thinkpad. Then, using the Cloning Software, clone FROM the External Drive TO the Internal ...

I have a T60 motherboard which I think may be suffering from a blown F2 fuse, but I'm not quite sure if I'm checking it properly with my multimeter. When I put the probes on either side of C72, the circuit right next to F2, I get 20.2V. When I place it on either side of F2, including the solder poi...

Regarding the Left Key: I had the same problem and Lenovo sent me a new palmrest assembly. Unfortunately, the problem will re-occur with the new touch key. I ended up dis-assembling the keypad and making a very small hole on the top of the right end of the key and wraping a staple around the metal c...

I replaced my T60 Fan (Noisy after 5 years). I bought a Bare Fan on eBay from a USA Vendor that included some Heat Sink Compound. The replacement was easy although I had to be careful routing the wire from the Fan Motor at the point that it turned 90 deg as it left the Fan Housing. I cleaned the old...

Hello All, My parts depot tells me the "CTO" in my T60 type 2613-CTO's number means "configure to order" and therefore they can't tell which of four possible blowers is the right one for my laptop. Can anyone identify it from this picture? http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57869484/T60_Fan.jpg Thanks for any...

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I thought discrete graphics meant that it wasn't on the mobo.

AFAIK, Desktops have plug in boards for upgraded GPUs.

Laptops have Discrete GPUs on the mobo.

I have found that, using the Apricorn EZ-Gig II, you can make a clone from Internal (Source) to External (Target). However the Clone will not always be able to Boot. The only reliable method is to Clone from External (Source) to Internal (Target).

Start/Programs/ThinkVantage/Thinkpad Configuration/Display/On Screen Display (With XP, May not work with Vista).

Like Brad said: Mount the TARGET drive IN the T60 and the SOURCE drive in the external usb enclosure.

Edit. I meant to say DESTINATION drive in the T60 and SOURCE drive in the usb enclosure.

CatKing: You should contact Apricorn Tech Support. They are very helpfull. Their website has contact information. I suspect that the external USB drive is not being recognized by their software.

http://apricorn.com/contact_tech.php

Go into the BIOS and set the recovery partition to "normal"

I believe this means to set the Security for the Pre-desktop Area to Normal.

FWIW: The fan in my T60 runs at about 3100 rpm to keep the GPU at about 66 degrees C. It is VERY quiet. You can barely hear it in a quiet room. The 60gb HD makes more noise and it's also very quiet.

I bought 2 60gb SATA Drives off eBay and both are problem free. Both were "New Computer take-outs from computers that were up-graded".

You Might try going into BIOS Setup and see if the wireless adapter is enabled. When my T60 was delivered, the Wireless Adapter was enabled but the 10/100 Network Adapter was NOT enabled. It did not show up on the Device list until I enabled it in BIOS.

Make sure that your Bit Depth (Display Properties/Settings/Color Quality) is set to 32 bit. Lower color depth will cause the effect that you are seeing.

No problems with my T60. I downloaded the .exe Installer and used it with no problems. I had done NO system updates since New in 2006.

I can take the HD from my 2323-D9U and put it in my 2623-DAU and boot up normally.

Go into BIOS Setup and set the SECURITY setting for the Pre-Desktop-Area to DISABLED and see if that helps.

I would reccomend this kit to transfer the data to the new HD. http://apricorn.com/product_detail.php?type=reg&id=1023 Set the CD as boot priority and boot with the Apricorn CD. WARNING: Mount the new HD IN the Notebook and the orignal HD in the USB enclosure and be sure to select the USB drive as t...

Deb: I also use the cloning proceedure as my backup scheme and indeed, it has saved my a** several times. I have found that, sometimes, a Forward Clone IS bootable. However, after a number of successful Forward Clones, a Non-Bootable one is produced. Actually, the drive switching required for revers...

Deb: You can install the software on the PC. This link provides a complete list of support files:

http://apricorn.com/support6.php

I use the Apricorn Cloning kit including a bootable CD and USB Hard Drive enclosure (be sure to get the one for SATA Drives). Go into BIOS and set the Pre-Desktop security to DISABLED. Make sure Boot Order is gives CD priority. Mount the DESTINATION drive IN the T60 regular drive bay. Mount the SOUR...

Check to make sure that your video color quality is set to "Highest" 32 bit. The effect you describe will occur at low resolutions.

eecon: I agree that it may be that the original HD (as supplied with the ThinkPad) can be mounted in the USB enclosure and be the Destination Drive with the result being a bootable clone. I think that I tried that a year ago and that the results were not predictable. More testing needed. On another ...

eecon: I was going to test the "Drive Image" utility on the Apricorn Cloning CD. I saved a Image of the internal (non-original) HD to a 3rd (externally mounted) spare HD. Then, I removed the spare HD from the USB enclosure and mounted the Original HD supplied with the PC in the external (USB) enclos...

I was getting ready to do some testing with a Drive Image and in the process, I made a clone FROM the internal HD TO the external USB HD. In the past this clone would NOT be bootable. However, this clone WAS bootable. I repeated the proceedure twice just to confirm this. One thing to note is that th...

eecon: I am also curious about whether a restored image would be bootable, given the dificulities of producing a bootable clone. I specifically asked a Apricorn Tech about this and he did not know whether a restored image would be be bootable. It would probably be bootable when restoring the image t...

eecon: I thought about leaving the clone in the ThiinkPad and "alternating" the drives as you describe. However, I don't do that because I'm worried that an error on data transfer would not be known until both drives were affected. I always use the same drive as the Source.

rbena: I am cloning, Using the Apricorn kit, from the USB enclosure provided by Apricorn to the main internal HD. My Ultrabay just holds the CD/DVD drive.