can you upgrade an old thinkpad w/new recovery discs?

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snickervicker · #1 Post by **snickervicker** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:59 am

i have an old t20 and now a new t42. will it work if i try to install xp on my old t20 using the recovery discs i created with my t42?

RS_003 · #2 Post by **RS_003** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:46 am

snickervicker wrote:i have an old t20 and now a new t42. will it work if i try to install xp on my old t20 using the recovery discs i created with my t42?

No those disks have different drivers. And ibm has built in a security against installing it on a wrong device as for as I know

Zeitgeist · #3 Post by **Zeitgeist** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:29 am

RS_003 wrote:
snickervicker wrote:i have an old t20 and now a new t42. will it work if i try to install xp on my old t20 using the recovery discs i created with my t42?

No those disks have different drivers. And ibm has built in a security against installing it on a wrong device as for as I know

Yes, you can use the CDs- however, you must download the correct drivers from the IBM page. There is not "security": all recovery CDs work on IBM systems (e.g. the A31 CDs function on T23 systems- I didn't try the t42 CDs though).

RS_003 · #4 Post by **RS_003** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:53 am

Zeitgeist wrote:
RS_003 wrote:
No those disks have different drivers. And ibm has built in a security against installing it on a wrong device as for as I know
Yes, you can use the CDs- however, you must download the correct drivers from the IBM page. There is not "security": all recovery CDs work on IBM systems (e.g. the A31 CDs function on T23 systems- I didn't try the t42 CDs though).

Oh, well, then I am going to try the XP Prof install of my X40 on a T42 home version

snickervicker · #5 Post by **snickervicker** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:20 pm

awesome, i'm going to give it a try and let you know. plus i figure xp will be able to auto-find most of the drivers...

sktn77a · #6 Post by **sktn77a** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 5:58 pm

Actually, you might get lucky. I used my T40 recovery CDs on my 600E and it worked just fine! I think most of the recovery CDs have the complete complement of XP hardware drivers plus the specific new hardware drivers on that thinkpad model. Give it a try!

JHEM · #7 Post by **JHEM** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:42 pm

sktn77a wrote:Actually, you might get lucky. I used my T40 recovery CDs on my 600E and it worked just fine! I think most of the recovery CDs have the complete complement of XP hardware drivers plus the specific new hardware drivers on that thinkpad model. Give it a try!

Of course, we ONLY do this for test purposes as we all know that it's illegal!

Regards,

James

w0qj · #8 Post by **w0qj** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:24 pm

will the new T43 Product Recovery CD's work on T42?

i suspect not, since T43 has drastically different hardware/drivers...

eg: different video processing unit/drivers
different PCI bus structure

JHEM · #9 Post by **JHEM** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:25 pm

w0qj wrote:will the new T43 Product Recovery CD's work on T42?

Certainly, you'll just have to install the correct drivers.

Regards,

James

CoolRunnings · #10 Post by **CoolRunnings** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 12:09 am

Not necessarily... If you purchase an OEM copy and the CD got damaged this could prove quite helpful. I've done that with my Dell Windows 2000 disks back when I had an Inspiron 8000.

JHEM wrote:
sktn77a wrote:Actually, you might get lucky. I used my T40 recovery CDs on my 600E and it worked just fine! I think most of the recovery CDs have the complete complement of XP hardware drivers plus the specific new hardware drivers on that thinkpad model. Give it a try!
Of course, we ONLY do this for test purposes as we all know that it's illegal!

Regards,

James

pdudas · #11 Post by **pdudas** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:50 am

Will my T42 (2373-F1G)'s recovery cd work on my T42 (2373-JXG)?

I have a recovery cd set form my previous T42, and I want to restore it to my new T42 (which has a different OS language).

Zeitgeist · #12 Post by **Zeitgeist** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 2:23 am

pdudas wrote:Will my T42 (2373-F1G)'s recovery cd work on my T42 (2373-JXG)?

I have a recovery cd set form my previous T42, and I want to restore it to my new T42 (which has a different OS language).

YES, see my posting above.

pdudas · #13 Post by **pdudas** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 2:50 am

And what about the system info and other machine specific things.

When I press the Ibm Access which machine's data will be displayed? Old, or new?

It seems to me that the warranty and parts info comes from a file in Documents and Settings\All users\Application data\ibm\Access.
There is an XML file with all the parts installed on the system. How can I chane it to a new one?

Will the IBM see that on my machine changed the OS?

Will I loose the warranty?

Zeitgeist · #14 Post by **Zeitgeist** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:38 am

pdudas wrote:And what about the system info and other machine specific things.

When I press the Ibm Access which machine's data will be displayed? Old, or new?

It seems to me that the warranty and parts info comes from a file in Documents and Settings\All users\Application data\ibm\Access.
There is an XML file with all the parts installed on the system. How can I chane it to a new one?

Will the IBM see that on my machine changed the OS?

Will I loose the warranty?

The new data will be shown (I think these are bios data)- but I am not sure. If not, just replace the xml file.

Of course you don't loose the warranty if you install a different os.

snickervicker · #15 Post by **snickervicker** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 1:09 am

Hmm ok I finally got around to trying to upgrade. I popped in my new HD, put in the R&R CD from my T42, and booted up my T20. The CD loads up the R&R program where I click on the link "Restore factory contents" option, and I just get the dialog "The IBM Product Recovery function has been removed from this system". Has anyone successfully done this with their T20?

thanks for the help.

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i will give it a try

recovery disc didnt work...

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