R51e drive scrambled - how to get rebuilding diskcs?

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R51e drive scrambled - how to get rebuilding diskcs?

#1 Post by DavidR » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:09 pm

I have lost access to the recovery partition. It is there but I can't make it active or anything. I used Partition Magic to merge two other partitions and reinstall Windows but still can not reset the laptop to as-purchased condition. Is there any way to (1) access the IBM partition and re-setting the machine or (2) get CDs from Lenovo?
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#2 Post by ryengineer » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:37 am

Rescue and Recovery - Recovery repair diskette.

It will work if the service partition is healthy. You'll need a floppy disk drive though.
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#3 Post by DavidR » Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:09 am

Is there some way it would work on a CD? My R51e has no floppy drive...
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#4 Post by ryengineer » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:46 am

AFAIK, it only works with floppy disk drive and it doesn't have to be built in, an external USB FDD will also work.
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With the man who takes me from my horse, and leads me to a bar."
The man who took her off her steed, and stood her to a beer,
Were a bleary-eyed Surveyor and a DRUNKEN ENGINEER.
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