Thinkpads Forum

HI,

If I try to restore to factory state my Thinkpad T60 (using the original Lenovo backup disks) it goes through the whole process of copying data from all the cds and then restarts, but once it had restarted I get the following message:

"Product Recovery could not find Z:\IUBREC.CMD"

Whats this.. I have tried this recovery for more than three times and always get this error. Whats does this mean?

Thanks.

boto

Did you wipe the disk before you ran the recovery? if not, try running DBAN or the PC Doctor disk wiping, and the disks again (you only need to do about 5% of the disk)

craigmontHunter wrote:Did you wipe the disk before you ran the recovery? if not, try running DBAN or the PC Doctor disk wiping, and the disks again (you only need to do about 5% of the disk)

No I did not wipe the disk. I run the full recover to the factory settings fromthe recovery CDs.

I dont have any OS as far as I know. when i turn on the notebook i get the thinkvantage recovery display.

Boto

Use the disk erase utility in PC doctor to erase the drive. As craigmontHunter stated you only need to let it run a few minutes. If the recovery discs still fail the same way, you have a bad CD.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 56222.html

Please I have the PCDoctor dos utility.

Now I have to choose UTILITY - Full Erase Hard Drive or QUICK ERASE HARD DRIVE??
When i choose this options theres a message that says that EVERYTHING will be wioped out including the partition that lenovo haves hidden on the notebook...

Please advise what i have to do.

thanks.

boto

As long as you have a working recovery disk set, then you can do a full erase of the hard drive, including the hidden partition. The recovery set should either prompt you to re-install the hidden partition or do it automatically. You do not have to let PC Doctor run the entire erase operation. Let it run until at least 5% of the disk is erased then you can interrupt the program. What you are doing is wiping out any partitioning information on the disk so that when the recovery operation starts, it sees a "blank" drive and assumes you are doing a fresh install.

I am now recovering.. i ahve erased 5% of the disk... now the program is asking me for the supplemental disk.. whats this disk for?? is this realy necessary??

Not needed if you do not have one.

Hi again,

I run all disks again as you told me and again get the error "cant find file: Z:/iubrec.cmd"... i lost hope to get this fixed and install the factory settings... I
The discs are all ok.
Any ideas...
boto

bototucuxi wrote:The discs are all ok.

With all due respect, no they are not.

bototucuxi wrote:Hi again,

I run all disks again as you told me and again get the error "cant find file: Z:/iubrec.cmd"... i lost hope to get this fixed and install the factory settings... I
The discs are all ok.
Any ideas...
boto

Google for Nero CD-DVD Speed 4.7.7.16, download it, and run it in scan disk mode to check your CD's for errors.