Call IBM and purchase a set of recovery CD's. The license is for the OEM installation and cannot be used otherwise. ... JD Hurst I just called IBM and ordered the recovery CDs. It will take 2 weeks until I'll have them! Probabely they are sending them from India or God knows where ... Is there no o...

Interpol wrote:Doesn't your copy of German Windows XP come with its own product code/serial number? Why not just use that one?

Well, of course it does. But I already used this produce code to register my desktop computer. Therefore it won't work on the thinkpad, will it?

Hi I got my T60 last week and the first thing I did is erase the pre-loaded windows installation. Then I tried to install Windows XP (German) using the product code printed on the label on the backside of the Thinkpad. I was surprised to read that the code is invalid! So I tried to do a recover the ...