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IBM ThinkPad T43 Restore Disks?? Help
IBM ThinkPad T43 Restore Disks?? Help
So I got a T43 and it does not have windows so I try to reinstall windows XP and it had no sound and no wifi so I found this restore disk https://archive.org/details/IBMThinkPadT41R52Restore but it didn't work and the HDD is completely format in it so it does not have the recovery partition please help -Alex
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Re: IBM ThinkPad T43 Restore Disks?? Help
If I were you, I would install a vanilla copy of windows XP and dump and install everything inside the IBMTOOLS folder that came from my T43. I have the i386 folder as well, but it is useless to you because the windows xp installation is Chinese
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Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
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A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
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Lat C840 P4-2.5 2gb 60gb W7 (Ultrasharp)
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Re: IBM ThinkPad T43 Restore Disks?? Help
I think you can try asking other forum members here first to see whether they wanna share you an iso file of the restore CD. If not, get a copy of Windows XP yourself, burn that onto a CD, install that and then I will provide you the IBMTOOLS folder that came with my ThinkPad T43, which contains ALL the drivers and utilities with the exact version that would be shipped with a brand new T43 with Windows XP in 2005. As far as I see those drivers and utilities do support English as well.
Dell Lat CP MMX-233 64mb 40gb W2k
600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
Lat C840 P4-2.5 2gb 60gb W7 (Ultrasharp)
600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
Lat C840 P4-2.5 2gb 60gb W7 (Ultrasharp)
Re: IBM ThinkPad T43 Restore Disks?? Help
I burn that onto a CD with windows XP pro on it and installed windows can you send the IBMTOOLS file
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Re: IBM ThinkPad T43 Restore Disks?? Help
Check the Recovery Repository in our Marketforum: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=128170
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Re: IBM ThinkPad T43 Restore Disks?? Help
I can confirm that the archive.org disks worked for my T43, which I just acquired a few days ago and imaged to XP no problem.
Quite cool to see XP with all of the vintage IBM software!
Quite cool to see XP with all of the vintage IBM software!
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Re: IBM ThinkPad T43 Restore Disks?? Help
Hm, maybe I don't need to host recovery sets for anyone anymore if everyone I give them to, just uploads them to archive.org.
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Re: IBM ThinkPad T43 Restore Disks?? Help
Or you can upload them yourself and get some more space on your server?
Lovely day for a Guinness! (The Real Black Stuff)
Lenovo: X240, X250, T440p, T480, M900 Tiny.
PS: the old Boardroom website is still available on the Wayback Machine.
Lenovo: X240, X250, T440p, T480, M900 Tiny.
PS: the old Boardroom website is still available on the Wayback Machine.
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