Obtaining the OEM CD

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dale182 · #1 Post by **dale182** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:14 am

I just purchased a T42, and I was wondering if any of you guys know if and where I can obtain a OEM CD. I find it weird that IBM doesn't ship its computers with OEM CDs like most other companies, but I heard/read somewhere that you can request for one within 30days of purchase. FYI Windows XP Pro is preloaded on my thinkpad. Thanks.

-Dale

JHEM · #2 Post by **JHEM** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:57 am

You can make your own on the T42 if you have a burner.

Regards,

James

#3 Post by **daeojkim** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:56 am

YOu can use Access IBM to create recovery CDs. 7 CDs or 1 CD and 1 DVD. Make sure you do this before anything else.

Also you can create just Windows XP CD using i386 in your C drive.
There is a sticky in the the T series forum on instructions how to do this.

dale182 · #4 Post by **dale182** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:30 am

thanks everyone

Leon · #5 Post by **Leon** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:33 am

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phoenix_one · #6 Post by **phoenix_one** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:36 pm

You can always requested the CD's from IBM, you can get them free of cost as long as the machine is in warranty (at least that's how it worked for me). Just say that you lost all of your data and that you cannot access the rescue partition.

Obtaining the OEM CD

Obtaining the OEM CD

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