Sure, it's 8935-CTO.

Thanks for the answer, I've been really frustrated over this. I have the 15.4 (1680x1050, which is why they'll have to prise this machine out of my cold dead hands), but that still leaves two options, 42X4626 and 42X4610. Any idea what the difference between them is? The issue that I have is that th...

My trusty R61 is sill going, and i'm trying to keep it that way. The base of the case is cracked in various places, and now has cracked near the corner, making the screen hinge flop about. so i want to get a new base. i've been on ebay and there are different part numbers for R61 bases (42X4626, 42W...

I didn't see that coming. I let DBAN run and finish, and lo and behold, the R&R CD asked me for the Product Recovery CDs. Nice. So for anyone in a similar situation, trashing the partition table isn't good enough - if you want to reinstall your HPA image from the CDs, you need to wipe the whole disk...

Interesting. I wonder if your image would work on my 2672-C2G. Could you make an .iso of the DVD? If you're familiar with scp, I could give you a login on a server to upload it to, if you have the bandwidth.

I'm not familiar with those tools, but how hard can it be? What would I do, dd the image to the disc or something?

Also, it doesn't explain why my recovery CDs aren't working for me. Someone must have a clue.

Hi and thanks for responding. F11 doesn't work, and nor would I expect it to as the pre-desktop area isn't there - that's what I'm trying to reinstall! As for detecting a partition, I already pointed out that I've zeroed the partition table. Do I need to do any more than that? I had another thought ...

I'm trying to get my X31 back to factory condition, pre-sale. It's had the HPA disabled all of its life, and it's been running Linux. I booted from the "Rescue and Recovery" CD, which is the only one that boots - the other CDs labelled "Product Recovery 1-7" don't boot. I then click on Restore facto...