about to reformat my T42

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DeionDavid · #1 Post by **DeionDavid** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:13 pm

Hey guys, when you all first got your thinkpad, did you do a clean format of the hard drive to get rid of all the programs you did not want?

Is there a guide to this? Anything I should lookout for?

Thanks

#2 Post by **Harryc** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:42 pm

Does it have a recovery partition? If yes, just hold down F11 on boot and follow the prompts to restore the factory build. It's that easy ...

Pascal_TTH · #3 Post by **Pascal_TTH** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:46 pm

I always get the hard drive out to use a better one. So, I do a clean install with any bloatware. I never see a guide, I download all the drivers from lenovo website.

#4 Post by **bill bolton** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:13 pm

DeionDavid wrote:Is there a guide to this?

Yes, there is.... see here http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?p=24385#24385

Cheers,

Bill B.

DeionDavid · #5 Post by **DeionDavid** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:59 pm

Hey Bill, the link is dead, is it available anywhere else?

#6 Post by **GomJabbar** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:58 pm

See this post by jroad from Bill's link above:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 699#267699

DeionDavid · #7 Post by **DeionDavid** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:59 pm

thanks!

DeionDavid · #8 Post by **DeionDavid** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:54 am

seems like i am stuck on step 5 of the guide because all the links are broken

http://web.archive.org/web/200603091822 ... /Step5.htm

I am trying to download the windows xp package here. Does anyone know anywhere else I can get this from?

#9 Post by **Johan** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:58 am

Google is your friend... see here and search that page for wxp10.zip - that's it!

aditya1956 · #10 Post by **aditya1956** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:04 pm

Before you remove the partitions will you not make a set of recovery disks for yourself ? Or have you already got them ?

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