T61p and repartitioning hdd/reinstalling XP.

[CeNG]

I just received my T61P last night and I'd like to blow away the main C: partition and rebuild it as C: and D:. I've created the requisite Recovery cds which I've read should contain my OS and various other Thinkpad tidbits but I don't see anywhere in the recovery console to actually partition for the reinstall. Am I missing something there or are people blowing away and repartitioning with other software and then running the Recovery?

[DAH]

You need to repartition after running the recovery program. The recovery program will blow away any partition you create in the recovery process. Sorry.

[CeNG]

Great, thanks for the response.