Creating Rescue DVD

[gattler]

Hi, this might be asked many time but i cant find a conclusive answer. How do i create a rescue DVD, because i want to get rid of the hidden partition (selling harddrive).

Most important:
I dont want to backup any data, i just want to create a DVD with that i can restore the Thinkpad (T42) to its --factory settings--. With any harddrive inserted into the beauty.

[Zeitgeist]

Hi, this might be asked many time but i cant find a conclusive answer. How do i create a rescue DVD, because i want to get rid of the hidden partition (selling harddrive).

Have you seen the blue ACCESS IBM botton on your thinkpad?

Enter "recovery" or "restore" in the search field.

Or if this is too much work:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... t=recovery

The first boot disk could be CD, the second a DVD

[davidspalding]

You'd need to use a CD-R(w) for the first disc, as I understand the DVD format doesn't allow booting. The rest ought to fit on a DVD-R(w).

If you have the IBM software installer, check that you have the latest, greatest version of Rescue and Recovery.

[Zeitgeist]

You'd need to use a CD-R(w) for the first disc, as I understand the DVD format doesn't allow booting. The rest ought to fit on a DVD-R(w).

No, the first one could be also a boot DVD, however, it would be waste.

If you have the IBM software installer, check that you have the latest, greatest version of Rescue and Recovery.

Why? He wants the recovery CD/DVD, nothing else.

[davidspalding]

Fixes and enhancements, dude. Driver updates and such would be a good idea, too, since he's putting a brand new hard drive in. That's what I'd do, but to each his own.

Also: Norton Ghost will solve the same problem, but it costs, while R&R is free.