Using Recovery Disks for hard drive change?

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Greg Gebhardt · #1 Post by **Greg Gebhardt** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:09 pm

OK, sorry to start another thread but could I use the Recovery disks to bring my T61p back to out of box condition after installing my 64gb Samsung SSD.

If so, would I just remove the original drive, install the new drive, turn on my T61p, insert the recovery disk and it would install the entire system from there? Would the T61p with the new SSD know to even look for the recovery disk on the CD?

This would allow me to do a fresh install of my software and applications as I choose.

Added note: just created the recovery disk and only filled about 1/2 of my 700mb CD-R disk. i thought is would take several disks?

#2 Post by **ryengineer** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:38 pm

Shouldn't be a problem.

Greg Gebhardt · #3 Post by **Greg Gebhardt** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:41 pm

Does it sound right that my recovery CD is only about half filled. The T61p did a verify and found it to be OK.

#4 Post by **ryengineer** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:50 pm

Greg Gebhardt wrote:Does it sound right that my recovery CD is only about half filled. The T61p did a verify and found it to be OK.

Sorry, didn't notice your added note; make sure you've created recovery disks and not recovery media as also highlighted in the following document:

How to create recovery media using ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery.

#5 Post by **carbon_unit** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:57 pm

It sounds like you only have the boot cd. A recovery set will be 6 or 7 cd's or 1 cd and 1 dvd.

Greg Gebhardt · #6 Post by **Greg Gebhardt** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:18 pm

Yes, I screwed up

I thought after the CD it was done, just started the process again and it completed the CD and the DVD is now burning, taking lots of time so I know we are recording the amount of info required.

So, now I would simply install the new harddrive, insert the CD (1st disk) and turn on the computer. Then hit F1 to enter the bios and make the CD drive the boot drive, exit/save from the bios and the rest should work by itself??? Yes?

raceannouncer · #7 Post by **raceannouncer** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:51 pm

Greg Gebhardt wrote:Yes, I screwed up

I thought after the CD it was done, just started the process again and it completed the CD and the DVD is now burning, taking lots of time so I know we are recording the amount of info required.

So, now I would simply install the new harddrive, insert the CD (1st disk) and turn on the computer. Then hit F1 to enter the bios and make the CD drive the boot drive, exit/save from the bios and the rest should work by itself??? Yes?

That's the way it worked for me when I put in a 200gb 7200 rpm sata drive. Used the 7 CD's I made from Rescue and Recovery on the machine with the old drive in it. Then I swapped drives, booted off the CD and it did the rest!

Can't say with 100% certainty it will work with your hardware setup, though...

Mike Paz

Greg Gebhardt · #8 Post by **Greg Gebhardt** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:56 pm

Thanks, I am hoping it works for me, too!

We will know next week.

Using Recovery Disks for hard drive change?

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