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WTB: Thinkpad W520 Recovery Disc (physical)

#1 Post by Illusions&Dreams » Sat Dec 17, 2022 10:46 am

Hi there,

I am looking for the authentic physical Lenovo recovery discs for ThinkPad W520. Please let me know.

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Re: WTB: Thinkpad W520 Recovery Disc (physical)

#2 Post by SAIYAN48 » Sat Dec 17, 2022 2:23 pm

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Re: WTB: Thinkpad W520 Recovery Disc (physical)

#3 Post by Illusions&Dreams » Sat Dec 17, 2022 2:29 pm

I appreciate the feedback. I have looked into this, however I would much prefer the authentic Lenovo Disc.

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Re: WTB: Thinkpad W520 Recovery Disc (physical)

#4 Post by theterminator93 » Sun Dec 18, 2022 12:54 pm

I'm skeptical of those to archive sets. Why?

I got recovery DVDs for my T420 directly from Lenovo when it was still in warranty. It is 4 DVDs, not 3, like what's posted on archive.

The other set looks fishy because it has a picture of a W520 with iTunes on the desktop. No Lenovo recovery ever included that. It's possible someone installed it after doing a recovery but still, it gives me pause.

Unfortunately the T420 set I got only works on T420 and T520. It can be used on a W520 but it is missing the Quadro GPU drivers - which can be downloaded and installed from the web (this is what I did on my W520).

ff you do come across legit genuine W520 recovery, I'd sure like to archive it. :)
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Re: WTB: Thinkpad W520 Recovery Disc (physical)

#5 Post by Illusions&Dreams » Sun Dec 18, 2022 3:25 pm

I will proudly support proper media archiving so when I obtain the disc I will reach out.

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