help relacing drive a22m

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grumpee · #1 Post by **grumpee** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:24 am

forgive me me not being able to find an answer to my problem I am new to laptops and forum I just bought an a22m2628-s2u everything works drives battery fan ect, hard drive has bad sectors I have ghost 2003 and acronis true image 10 will ghost destroy recovery partition as it did with a dell I had. I need to get drive drive cady and usb2 pci card or recovery cd's prefered. would like 20-40gb drive thanks mike

#2 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:30 am

True image is my personal preference, but I can't see why Ghost would trash the recovery partition. It should clone it like any other partition.

grumpee · #3 Post by **grumpee** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:40 am

thanks I prefer true image as well but have had trouble using usb drives and like I said ghost trashed the recovery partition on a dell I had I forgot to ask can I format using 98 floppy before recovery I don't think it formated the 1st time even though I chose option

#4 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:41 am

It wouldn't hurt to format the target drive before cloning, but it should not be necessary.

grumpee · #5 Post by **grumpee** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:08 am

thanks I agree but better to be sure my main problem is finding recovery discs seems cheapest way to go I really like the laptop but repair could exceed the cost. so much for a good deal

sjthinkpader · #6 Post by **sjthinkpader** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:43 pm

This is a nice unit with SXGA+ LCD. This is a rare LCD but shared with A20p. The MB can take upto a 1Gz P3 although that CPU has a huge thermal output.

For cloning, I prefer Apricorn's EasyGIG II for personal machines. In the office, we use Ghost.

grumpee · #7 Post by **grumpee** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:12 pm

I am really impressed with the quality and want to use it but I need to image then replace drive before it dies. it sounded better before sp4 and ms updates no burner and usb1 make it rough to clone but I'll get there hoping to find recovery discs take care

sjthinkpader · #8 Post by **sjthinkpader** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:23 pm

The Apricorn kit gives you a PCMCIA cable or a USB case. The Ultrabay 2nd drive tray is the fastest and a nice addition to any Thinkpader's tool kit.

There are two other Ultrabay drive trays which will not work in your machine, the 10mm T4x PATA and the 10mm T6x SATA version.

For USB2.0, you can either get a PCMCIA to USB2.0 adapter or a full dock plus a USB PCI card. I personally prefer the full dock solution.

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