New Hard drive (bare metal) install on T60p

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mdobin · #1 Post by **mdobin** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:39 pm

Alas, the OEM drive failed. It responds to no utilities and will not recover. I received the dreaded l_inst.nls error.

New drive arrives tomorrow. The IBM Thinkvantage button saved me so I want to set my new drive up with the Thinkvantage recovery software. Has anyone done a brand new install?

Brad · #2 Post by **Brad** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:52 pm

Many have and there are threads that talk about it too.

I would simply install the drive and put in the first disk of your recovery set and you are on your way.

Performing a recovery with your recovery disks should leave you will everything that came on your ThinkPad including Thinkvantage.

Brad

mdobin · #3 Post by **mdobin** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:27 pm

I don't have a recovery set and it wasn't shipped with one. T'were it that easy.

I see on the Lenovo site that I can download R&R and I have XP that I can install.

I did look for this info in the FAQ, but didn't find anything talking about starting from scratch.

Peak2Peak · #4 Post by **Peak2Peak** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:50 pm

OK - a good place to start is from this Post: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=50187 - Happy Installing -

#5 Post by **carbon_unit** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:21 pm

Is your Thinkpad still under warranty? If so they should send the recovery discs for free in the case of a hard drive failure.
If you ask nicely in the marketplace someone might send you a set.

New Hard drive (bare metal) install on T60p

New Hard drive (bare metal) install on T60p

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