I had done it the way ajkula66 suggested a few times as well. Forgot to add that process. That said, his instructions of which disc to put in the drive made me think. I got it straightened out. I had the wrong disc in the drive. I had "disc 1" in the drive instead of the recovery CD, which was on th...

Hi. Just received a replacement hard drive for my T43P. It's a 100gb Hitachi drive with a Lenovo P/N:39T2562. I was having an issue where Windows wouldn't start. I have the correct recovery CDs and putting the first one in, allowed me to get to Rescue & Recovery. I had no backups and no data stored ...

I did come across those threads in my initial search. I guess I completely forgot about that - two of them are even bookmarked. Sorry about that. On other boards of which I'm a member, I'm such a stickler for using the search, which is why I wanted to make sure I covered all my bases before posting ...

Thank you very much for all of your help. I have ordered a new replacement fan from a member here, and it is scheduled to arrive by Thursday. I am very happy I found this place. A couple of questions regarding the replacement procedure: 1.) What tool do you find safest and most useful for separating...

Hi! This is my first post, and I must say, I found this site under rather annoying circumstances. I started up my computer this evening and got the fan error. So, figuring I was still under warranty and was planning to send it in anyway (though I was bummed I didn't get the files off), I went throug...