Recovery problems, cdrw/dvd problems too

[suzyq67]

I have lost the use of the blue access ibm key...now i have followed the instructions and have accessed rescue and recovery but it says that the "IBM Product Recovery function has been removed from this system". I didnt remove this...sooo what do i do now?


I have a r40 the cdrw/dvd is acknowledged by windows..but it continually tells me that no cd is in drive. It worked once for me and i watched a movie..but not sure how i got it to work. When i reset the computer back to factory settings it quit working again. Of course this took place before the above problem.... Any suggestions?

[JoolsM]

Sounds like you need to download and reinstall the IBM Rescue &Recovery from the IBM site - as well as the latest cdrw/dvd driver

I had to do all kinds of reinstalls on my R40 to get it working reasonably well - but I'm no expert so maybe there's another reason...?

[suzyq67]

I tried that...downloade the recovery program and installed it. It goes to the rescue and recovery and then said that the IBM recovery is not installed. Dammit it i just want the blue button to work so that i can reinstall the factory stuff.