Yup, I used recovery disks created from Q drive not recovery media bought from lenovo. Maybe you want to share that media with us ? :) Just first boot and first disk. :) No problem. Is there any sort of FTP area where I can upload it? The media set is composed of two DVDs (One for the operating sys...

Not true. Just tried that and lost about 1 hour of reinstalling everything again. Result missing NTLDR... press ctrl alt del to reboot after this. Did you use the recover media created for your laptop's revovery partition? Is so, then thanks for the heads up! As I have mentioned, I used a recovery ...

I'm curious if the digital river download method will work. In my case, windows installer accepted my OEM key, but I had problems during activation. I didn't try the save/restore activation data though. As I really wanted a x64 operating system (my T410 came with Win7 Pro 32bit), I just called lenov...

Hi there! I did a clean install, junkware free, on my T410, using the Win7 Pro x64 that I ordered from lenovo (I think it's the same thing using the restore DVD created from the restore partition). I've reinstalled only from the first DVD (operating system). When I was asked for the second DVD (driv...

Thanks, man!

I will do that!

Take care!

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Thanks for the quick response, Harryc! :) Should I be worried about having tried to force the removal of the tape? Do you think that something may be damaged? Any flat cable got loose or something like that? It would be a real shame to damage a beauty like this just because a "electrical tape remova...

Hi there! I just bought this T410 model: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003AAKW9Q/ref=oss_product It came with a black electrical tape inside the battery slot that looks like should be removed before first laptop use. There's not mention of it on the manual or the quick start guide. I even tried ...