Just received my new R61! Questions?

[rbi]

Product: ThinkPad R61 8918-5MM [change]

Operating system: All [change]

Original description: T7300(2GHz), 1GB RAM, 120GB 5400rpm HD, 15.4in 1680x1050 LCD, 128MB nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn, Bluetooth, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, Camera, 6c Li-Ion, WinVista Business

Questions:

1. After creating R & R discs, how do I partition the HDD? What software is more appropriate under Vista? How to maintain the hidden drive intact?
2.How do I find out if there is Intel Turbo Memory coming with it? via Device manager in Vista?
3.Any good suggestions? Really appreciate it.

Many thanks.

[ZaZ]

You can do it within Vista using the Disk Manager.

The Tabook should tell you whether or not you have the Turbo memory.

I personally dump all the ThinkVantage tools I don't use. Vista in my experience is a bit slower than XP in general and when booting.

[ryengineer]

1. There's a shrink feature in Vista, it can do it for you. Also, if you're planning to dual boot with another OS, it should give you an option as well. But I would suggest using the former.

The predesktop area would stay healthy as long as:

i) No HDD failure occurs.
ii) you don't make it visible to your OS through BIOS.
iii) you don't format the HDD.

2. Your model doesn't have a Turbo memory. In general, Vista recognizes Turbo memory as Intel Flash Cache Logic Chip in the device manager.

[rbi]

Thanks ryengineer and FredGarvin for your help! I will have a try tonight.

[mgo]

Product: ThinkPad R61 8918-5MMQuestions:

1. After creating R & R discs, how do I partition the HDD? What software is more appropriate under Vista? How to maintain the hidden drive intact?
2.-can't answer that one-
3.Any good suggestions? Really appreciate it.

Many thanks.

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1: I prefer the paid Acronis Disk Director and use the boot CD that the user can create with it for my partition jobs. I've used it a lot and it is rock solid. This will not destroy the Recovery partition unless you -tell- it to. The Vista partition applet was tried once by me. I found it confusing and very annoying. (maybe it's my low IQ or something?)

3: Vista will run faster if you dump the Aero Glass "feature" and use the Classic GUI on the desktop and in Windows Explorer as well. That is easier on the eye and requires less brain power to use it due to the simpler look. The user can enlarge text and icons to make it much easier to navigate the screen, also.

You can also enlarge the blinking marker (caret) and cursor for visually ease of use. Don't forget to slow the cursor double-click so you don't overstress the hand tendons when using the mouse left click button.

For copy and paste as well as backup and restore jobs I use Robocopy (easy to learn-I simply use Robocopy (name of job) (source) (dest) /mir (for mirror). The regular Vista copy and paste is horribly slow as noted by many users. It's a bug and might be fixed in Vista's SP1 soon.

[rbi]

Product: ThinkPad R61 8918-5MMQuestions:

1. After creating R & R discs, how do I partition the HDD? What software is more appropriate under Vista? How to maintain the hidden drive intact?
2.-can't answer that one-
3.Any good suggestions? Really appreciate it.

Many thanks.

=============

1: I prefer the paid Acronis Disk Director and use the boot CD that the user can create with it for my partition jobs. I've used it a lot and it is rock solid. This will not destroy the Recovery partition unless you -tell- it to. The Vista partition applet was tried once by me. I found it confusing and very annoying. (maybe it's my low IQ or something?)

3: Vista will run faster if you dump the Aero Glass "feature" and use the Classic GUI on the desktop and in Windows Explorer as well. That is easier on the eye and requires less brain power to use it due to the simpler look. The user can enlarge text and icons to make it much easier to navigate the screen, also.

You can also enlarge the blinking marker (caret) and cursor for visually ease of use. Don't forget to slow the cursor double-click so you don't overstress the hand tendons when using the mouse left click button.

For copy and paste as well as backup and restore jobs I use Robocopy (easy to learn-I simply use Robocopy (name of job) (source) (dest) /mir (for mirror). The regular Vista copy and paste is horribly slow as noted by many users. It's a bug and might be fixed in Vista's SP1 soon.

Yes that's wonderful. Really appreciate your input mgo. I might consider Acronis as I also want to upgrade my old T23 HDD which is only 20GB with win2000 pro that I want to keep. Maybe I should download the trial version to have a go in my old T23 and the new R61(hopefully the trial version is the same as the paid one at least).

[ZaZ]

I use Seagate's Disc Wizard which is free and power by Acronis. It looks almost the same. It works on my desktop as well though it is a WD hard drive.