Thinkpads Forum

Short Version: Does anyone have the XP Pro restore discs for an X200s (Disc FRU 46V3696) or the ability to make them?

Longer Version: I've been reading this forum for a little while but hadn't registered because I hadn't had much to say yet. I just received a decked out X200s (got it at the Lenovo Outlet for $1020, the first Outlet deal I've ever done that worked out right, lol). It is an awesome computer (my 4th Thinkpad), I love it. It has Vista Biz on it, and I'd rather have XP Pro. I saw a page on Lenovo's site about XP downgrade discs being available, called, and Lenovo wants $45+s/h for them!

Now, $45 is not an unreasonable price for a software license, but Lenovo is not selling a software license, it is merely selling the media to a license that I already own because downgrading is a right included in Vista Biz. $45 for DVD media is unreasonable. So I'm wondering, did anyone already buy these discs from Lenovo or order their X200s with XP Pro from the factory and want to offset part of the cost of their discs by letting me buy a copy from them for $10? I would like to emphasize, I'm not trying to pirate software here, merely acquire media for software to which I already own the license.

If there is a "recovery media begging" thread that would be a more appropriate place for this thread, please point me there and I'll happily repost.

Thanks!

You may want to post this in the marketplace subforum.

Thanks for moving this to the appropriate forum, I discovered it after I'd already posted in the X200 forum! So, anyone willing to burn a pair of DVD's for $10? Or if by any crazy chance anyone who has an X200s that came with XP but has a Vista license, I'd be more than happy to swap a copy of my Vista Biz discs for your XP. Or even just send the ISO on the web, no postage involved?

Thanks all!