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New Hard drive (bare metal) install on T60p
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 2:39 pm
by mdobin
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?
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 2:52 pm
by Brad
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
Thanks, but
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 3:27 pm
by mdobin
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.
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 3:50 pm
by Peak2Peak
OK - a good place to start is from this Post:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=50187 - Happy Installing -
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 8:21 pm
by carbon_unit
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.
