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Hi guys,

I just bought an awesome T23 off eBay; the model is 2647-8MU. It has a WinXP Pro COA sticker on the bottom, but somehow my WinXP Pro CD from work doesn't accept this code (does anyone know why?). I could just use the code licensed to my institution, but I would prefer to use the one on the sticker. So, I guess the easiest way to do that is to get the original recovery discs. Does anyone have those, and would you burn a copy for me? I will reimburse you, of course. Thanks in advance!

The code on the bottom won't work with your disks, because the code on the bottom is only for the IBM/Lenovo systems. There are actually several threads on this, here in the forum.

EDIT: With the recovery disks, you won't even have to key in the code. The disks will automatically detect that you are loading the OS onto a Thinkpad.

PM Sent re: copies of the disks.