I have an R40 Thinkpad with a 3rd party (non-IBM branded) 160GB hard drive made by Seagate (ST9160821A)... I'm running WinXP + SP2... laptop is always plugged in (ie not running on battery power) I have noticed that ever since I have been using this drive (about half a year) sometimes there's is a c...

hello, What happens if I install a retail version of Windows XP Pro SP2 on my thinkpad R40 along with all the tools/drivers downloaded from IBM/Lenovo's support site ? How close would I get to the system that was originally preinstalled on my thinkpad R40 ? I'm wondering whether IBM/Lenovo additiona...

hello, I want to upgrade the hard drive of my R40 to the Seagate ST9160821A 160GB drive. I have some questions concerning this upgrade: - the current BIOS of my R40 is 'as shipped', I haven't done any upgrades. Will I need to upgrade the BIOS in order to have this drive recognized by the BIOS/OS (ha...

hello! I want to upgrade the dvd-rw drive of my R40 (which still has the original CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive). I just want to make sure that I have the following information correct: 1. dvd-drives on thinkpads (R40) are set by default to 'secondary master' 2. in order for a 3rd party drive to work in...

great !
thank you VERY much for your support, I really needed someone to calm me down

thanks again...
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hello... I have a TP R40 and I recently decided to upgrade my 40gb 4200rpm hard drive.... because I didn't want any compatibility issues (number of threads on this forum concerning firmware upgrade problems on non-IBM Hitachi drives) I ordered my new 100gb 5400rpm drive straight from Lenovo web site...

What about the firmware on the Hitachi drives ? Is it possible to update the Hitachi firmware with the updates provided by IBM ? The text file provided on this hdd firmware update site: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-62282 states that among many ...

My system was purchased used without the preinstalled software so all the IBM programs I have were downloaded with IBM's Software Installer. That can also account for differences in software locations/names. This is very good to know, because as it turns out my thinkpad doesn't have *any* of the op...

What is the difference between an IBM branded drive (one that would be listed on lenovo.com as an official replacement/upgrade unit), and a drive of exactly the same specs, but branded as Hitachi ? Let's take for example a 100gb 5400rpm ata-100 drive: IBM's 'ThinkPad 100GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive' (40Y8...

right... this explains a lot:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-57556

the 'Access IBM' button that has been swapped with 'ThinkVantage' button on newer systems... oh great! what will they think of next ?

a short follow-up... according to this thread (nevermind that it's called R+R factory reinstall nightmare ), I just have a slightly older version of software that creates the recovery cds: You have to burn these (6-7) CD's using 'Create Recovery Discs' found in Start > All Programs > Access IBM, or ...

well... what can I say, thanks again for the reply ! Nope, it makes a factory set like you buy from IBM but cheaper (although your media will not be as good as theirs so keep them safe and store them well). great... factory settings, just like I want :)... as far as the quality of the media, I've re...

I just upgraded my HDD today. Does that qualify me to respond to your questions? Most definitely ! ;) And thanks for the most precise and 'to the point' reply I have ever received on any forum ! Do you have a CD or DVD burner? If so and you still have the recovery partition on your old HDD you may ...

Hello... I'm planning to upgrade the primary hard drive of my R40 Thinkpad and swap the default 40gb one with a new 100gb hdd... I will obviously need to reinstall the system, but I don't have the original recovery cds... so here are a few questions: a) will IBM send me the recovery cds automaticall...