Do Recovery-CDs from R50/R50p work on an R52?

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#1 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:20 am

Title says it all, do Recovery-CDs from R50/R50p work on an R52 Type 1858-CTO?

(CDs with FRU 24R4538)

#2 Post by **underclocker** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:49 am

R50 recovery disks will create an HPA partition, like those found on T40/T41's. R52's had next generation recovery partitions like T43's (and T42's). The R52 & T43's with Intel GPU's used the same recovery CD's.

R50 disks will work to lay down XP, but you'll need to download several drivers specific to the R52. T42 or T43 (R52) disks would be better.

#3 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:50 am

No

. Different HAL.

#4 Post by **underclocker** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:51 am

That may be true, I do not know enough about how the recovery process works to say whether a HAL is forced or selected during the recovery process. I'll give it a try sometime. I should do it soon, since I have a T43 with Intel video on hand (which is an R52).

(Certainly, swapping disks between T40/T41/T42/R50/R51 and T43/R52's presents HAL issues - that I know first hand.)

#5 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:10 pm

Thanks.
Guess I'll just install XP-Pro/SP3, then DotNet 2.0/SP1 and System Update.
Run SU, then take an image for later.

Do Recovery-CDs from R50/R50p work on an R52?

Do Recovery-CDs from R50/R50p work on an R52?

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