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- Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:24 am
- Forum: Windows 7
- Topic: Windows 7 SP1 install error 0x800F0A12
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1677
Windows 7 SP1 install error 0x800F0A12
Word of warning regarding the above error. I've now installed SP1 on both my T60 and T30. SP1 installed flawlessly in 30 minutes on the T60 but the above error was encountered on the T30. Both machines had retail Windows 7 Professional installed and were fully patched prior to the availability of SP...
- Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:04 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Thinkpad Rescue & Recovery: Pros and Cons?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1935
Re: Thinkpad Rescue & Recovery: Pros and Cons?
Last version I tried to use was 4.21 which was still far too slow.
I would recommend using either Acronis or Paragon (which I use).
Furthermore, Windows Backup in Windows 7 is improved and I now use that as well for making regular system images of my C: (OS only) partition.
I would recommend using either Acronis or Paragon (which I use).
Furthermore, Windows Backup in Windows 7 is improved and I now use that as well for making regular system images of my C: (OS only) partition.
- Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:31 am
- Forum: Windows 7
- Topic: Warning about win7
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5002
Re: Warning about win7
This will soon be the case for Office 03 as well
Just over three years in fact. Extended Support will cease on 8th April 2014.
- Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:24 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: T60 for T400?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6253
Re: T60 for T400?
I certainly could never justify spending that kind of money if my T60 was slow, which by the way, it isn't :D You need to do some proper troubleshooting on which processes are running slow and why, CPU constraint, memory etc. ? Failing that and after any other cleaning up attempts why not try a clea...
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:20 pm
- Forum: Windows 7
- Topic: Windows 7 64 bit -- Is it a no brainer on a Core 2 Duo?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14233
Re: Windows 7 64 bit -- Is it a no brainer on a Core 2 Duo?
Please be aware that for Windows 7 Ultimate, mainstream support will cease on the 13th January 2015 and there is NO extended support. See here for the lifecyle details, http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=14498 Only Windows 7 Enterprise and Professional have extended support until 14th Januar...
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:49 am
- Forum: Windows 7
- Topic: Windows 7 64 bit -- Is it a no brainer on a Core 2 Duo?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14233
Re: Windows 7 64 bit -- Is it a no brainer on a Core 2 Duo?
By investing in a 64-bit capable machine you have, as you rightly infer, already made your decision. There is no additional software cost in adopting 64-bit Windows 7 rather than 32-bit. The aditional RAM you mention may not be required but its relative cost is minimal. If you have 32-bit applicatio...
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:53 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T20-T23 & T30 Series. NOT for T25-Retro
- Topic: T30 viability
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6345
Re: T30 viability
Really?! I had read here that the ATI Mobility 7500 really struggles with Windows 7 Works fine here. All my machines that run Windows 7 do not use Aero and indeed are made to look like Windows 2K/XP. There are no W7 drivers for the ATI 7500 but I use the XP drivers and they will work perfectly well...
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:00 am
- Forum: Windows 7
- Topic: subfolder strife
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7752
Re: subfolder strife
Sorry, missed this thread when first raised ... I don't seem to get that behaviour at all. Explorer works pretty much as I would expect. I have amended some of the settings, so that may explain it. Settings as follows, Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > General Tab > Navigation Pane Show All Folder...
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:50 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T20-T23 & T30 Series. NOT for T25-Retro
- Topic: T30 viability
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6345
Re: T30 viability
My T30 is still going strong (touch wood) and running Windows 7 really well. I upgraded the RAM to 2GB and the disk to a WD Scorpio Blue 250GB. It's only really used as my hot spare to the desktop but runs better than when I had XP on it. It was a clean install of retail Windows 7 Professional, so n...
- Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:19 am
- Forum: Windows 7
- Topic: Clean install Win7 x64
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10632
Re: Clean install Win7 x64
System Update 4.0 is what you need to download and install the Lenovo drivers.
Link here,
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-73695
Link here,
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-73695
- Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:30 am
- Forum: Windows 7
- Topic: Clean install Win7 x64
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10632
Re: Clean install Win7 x64
Agreed on a clean install. During the install process you will get the opportunity to partition the drive to your liking. I see no reason to have the ThinkPad recovery partition and have never used it on any of mine. Furthermore, Rescue & Recovery is far too slow to use as a backup tool. Windows 7 B...
- Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:23 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Specific questions about upgrade path for T60 with T2500
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1642
Re: Specific questions about upgrade path for T60 with T2500
That's the idea. In fact the link regarding the TRIM command is part of a larger article about SSD's in general and it's worth a read. Windows XP also suffers from a problem related to Partition Alignment. In order to maximise performance of an SSD, the partition(s) need to be on particular boundari...
- Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:15 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Specific questions about upgrade path for T60 with T2500
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1642
Re: Specific questions about upgrade path for T60 with T2500
I don't think the SSD Toolbox has any command line switches, so you couldn't schedule it and get it to run without manual intervention.
Here's a link to the Intel download, which includes a User Guide.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_ ... ldID=18455
Here's a link to the Intel download, which includes a User Guide.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_ ... ldID=18455
- Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:10 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Specific questions about upgrade path for T60 with T2500
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1642
Re: Specific questions about upgrade path for T60 with T2500
It's to ensure the correct reuse of free space. Here's a good link for a description, http://www.anandtech.com/show/2738/10 As Windows XP does not support the TRIM command you need to do it manually. For the Intel SSD's, Intel provide via a download, a utility called the Intel SSD Toolbox. One of th...
- Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:53 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Specific questions about upgrade path for T60 with T2500
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1642
Re: Specific questions about upgrade path for T60 with T2500
Please be aware that Windows XP does not support the TRIM command. Using an SSD without this support will lead to performance degradation over time. If you plan to install an SSD and use XP, you should get an SSD that provides the equivalent support directly, for example the Intel SSD's which includ...
- Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:48 am
- Forum: Windows 7
- Topic: Win 7 64 Bit - SSD vs HDD
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5143
Re: Win 7 64 Bit - SSD vs HDD
If you're asking about comparing XP and W7 on the same machine with the same HDD, then I've found W7 to be noticeably faster for boot/shutdown. Program loading seemed comparable with W7 being slightly faster.
This was on both a T60 and T30 with WD Scorpios (250GB black and blue respectively).
This was on both a T60 and T30 with WD Scorpios (250GB black and blue respectively).
- Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:26 am
- Forum: Windows 7
- Topic: Should I upgrade my T400 to Windows 7 from XP?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3635
Re: Should I upgrade my T400 to Windows 7 from XP?
Another vote for Windows 7 here.
I put it on my old T30 and even though I had to use the XP graphics driver (ATI Radeon 7500) everything works fine. I have no need for aero (even on my desktop). Startup and shutdown is much quicker than XP and for me Jump Lists are a huge boon.
I put it on my old T30 and even though I had to use the XP graphics driver (ATI Radeon 7500) everything works fine. I have no need for aero (even on my desktop). Startup and shutdown is much quicker than XP and for me Jump Lists are a huge boon.
- Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:12 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Moving T61 from XP to Win 7 Pro with a new hard drive?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2592
Re: Moving T61 from XP to Win 7 Pro with a new hard drive?
If you've already got a C: of 100GB and a D: of 100GB, you probably have only about 100GB left. It's the age old problem of disk manufacturers confusing decimal and hex for sizing. My 250GB drive only has 232GB of free space even when it's brand new and unformatted. A 320GB will have (roughly) 300GB...
- Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:38 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Moving T61 from XP to Win 7 Pro with a new hard drive?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2592
Re: Moving T61 from XP to Win 7 Pro with a new hard drive?
The Windows 7 Upgrade setup is different from previous Windows Upgrade installs. You no longer get a prompt during the setup process to insert the CD of the previously eligible product, as you did for example with upgrading W2K to XP. It now looks for an activated version of an eligible product on t...
- Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:44 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Rescue and Recover (RnR) 4.21 Randomly stops working on T60
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2173
Re: Rescue and Recover (RnR) 4.21 Randomly stops working on T60
Are there any error messages from R&R when it fails ?
Any error entries in the Event logs (either System or Application) ?
Any error entries in the Event logs (either System or Application) ?
- Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:36 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Moving T61 from XP to Win 7 Pro with a new hard drive?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2592
Re: Moving T61 from XP to Win 7 Pro with a new hard drive?
Earlier this year I bought a refurbished T60. The first thing I did was remove the old HDD and install a new WD Scorpio drive of larger capacity. I then installed WIndows 7 on this "blank" machine. No problems. I used Windows Update to drag down all the required fixes and ThinkPad System Update to i...
- Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:24 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Recommended method for installing OS on bare T60
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4114
Re: Recommended method for installing OS on bare T60
I was thinking I'd stick with XP Pro now that it's almost stable Windows 7 runs really well on a T60. I purchased a refurbished T60 earlier this year. Replaced the stock HDD with a Scorpio Black 250GB and did a clean Windows 7 install. Ran Windows update to pick up most of the required ThinkPad upd...
- Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:01 am
- Forum: Windows 7
- Topic: Windows 7 on my X31 & my ATI drivers story
- Replies: 34
- Views: 42801
Re: Windows 7 on my X31 & my ATI drivers story
Similar problem on my T30 which also has the ATI 7500. I also manually installed the XP driver for the ATI 7500 and everything worked fine except the Windows 7 version of Power Manager. BSOD on the ATI dll mentioned proviously. Furthermore, the battery icon in the task bar area would flicker badly. ...
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:32 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Funny 4 GB experiment on Z61p [T60-series].
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5862
Re: Funny 4 GB experiment on Z61p [T60-series].
Great effort on the testing chaps
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:45 pm
- Forum: Windows 7
- Topic: Trimming the fat from thinkpad Windows 7 installs.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10888
Re: Trimming the fat from thinkpad Windows 7 installs.
Windows 7 systems installed from retail disc and using System Update 4.0 to install ThinkPad software, as follows, T30 Power manager driver - installed UltraNav driver - installed Battery maximiser - installed (by hand) T60 Power Manager driver - installed UltraNav Driver - installed Intel Wireless ...
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:12 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Funny 4 GB experiment on Z61p [T60-series].
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5862
Re: Funny 4 GB experiment on Z61p [T60-series].
Thanks AusMike ... I assumed that you did know but were just being modest and allowing a lesser mortal such as myself to explain :) Regarding the pagefile, well you could spend a whole lifetime reading various levels of nonsense about it on the Web :wink: The best argument for a pagefile on disk is ...
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:27 am
- Forum: Windows 7
- Topic: Trimming the fat from thinkpad Windows 7 installs.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10888
Re: Trimming the fat from thinkpad Windows 7 installs.
I'll need to get home to check ... I'll post back later.
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:23 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Funny 4 GB experiment on Z61p [T60-series].
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5862
Re: Funny 4 GB experiment on Z61p [T60-series].
Ah but that's the problem with the Commit figures ... Unless they've changed it (recently), commiting virtual storage does not mean that the storage is actually allocated on the pagefile. It indicates to the virtual storage manager that it's guaranteed to be backed (by a pagefile slot) at some point...
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:22 am
- Forum: Windows 7
- Topic: Trimming the fat from thinkpad Windows 7 installs.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10888
Re: Trimming the fat from thinkpad Windows 7 installs.
Still 16GB :o I have some sympathy with trying to remove unwanted applications. Thankfully my ThinkPads are now running with retail Windows 7 (upgrade) and I just used System Update 4.0 to install the Thinkpad applications I actually needed, which were very few. From what you say, it sounds like the...
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:10 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T60/T61 Series
- Topic: Advice on new small drive and RAM for crashed T60 type 1952
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1056
Re: Advice on new small drive and RAM for crashed T60 type 1952
I got a WD Scorpio Black 250Gb for my (refurbished) T60.
Very pleased with it, no noise or vibration and very quick.
Very pleased with it, no noise or vibration and very quick.