Thinkpads Forum

Dear all, I have recently tried the “rejuvenate my system” program in an effort to get my x61 back to its original start-up and working speed. For that purpose I have chosen the earliest back-up available which was made only a few weeks after I started using my thinkpad. The good news is, I managed to restore the original start-up speed. The bad news is that quite a few things simply stopped working. For one, I can’t open the control panel at all. Then I can’t connect to the internet because my notebook won’t “associate” with the modem. Also, it doesn’t recognize my usb-stick anymore and is asking for a cd with drivers which – as you might already assume – never existed. I am sure that there are many more problems that will become apparent over time. Only that I have not noticed them yet… Anyone else with similar problems? Or maybe even a solution? If not, can I get my thinkpad back to its slowed-downed and working stage? Thanks a lot for your help!!! It is much appreciated… (btw… it’s running on windows vista basic) red

p.s. ok, the search function is also not working and some of the hotkeys (e.g. display brightness) ain't so hot anymore. the usb ports do recognize hardware but the maldita cosa asks my for drivers, so in effect, I can't connect anything anymore...

These all sound like missing driver problems(except for the control panel thing). Find drivers at Lenovo.com or run System Update.

well, i need internet access to get drivers from lenovo.com - which i don't have. but do i also need it to run system update?

Well, the fact that you can run 'rejuvenate my system' implies that you have the original factory load and rescue & recovery partition loaded. On your hard drive is a folder called C:/drivers. That should contain your original drivers. You just need to find them and identify them.