WinDVD missing from RnR XP reinstall

[gtphill]

Hello all!

New reader and poster here. I have been trying to clone my X40 20GB DK1 drive onto a 60GB Hitachi HTC drive I purchased from Newegg. That process has proven to be very involved, and may result in other posts.

Main question:
In the process of trying to clone the original drive, somehow CSS lunched my primary partition. I did a rescue and recovery from the service partition back to factory. I was able to recover and/or download everything but WinDVD.

I looked in IBM tools, where it should be, and it was not there. I have an ultrabase with DVD/CDR for my X40, but somehow my factory state image is missing it.

My laptop is out of warranty now, but I am wondering if there is a way to obtain the WinDVD software?

Thanks!

MOD EDIT: Double-posting is against forum rules. Locking this thread.

[tselling]

When you do the restore did you have the ultrabase and drive attached? If not then you will be missing the software since that is how the restore process determines what software you are supposed to have.

Hello all!

New reader and poster here. I have been trying to clone my X40 20GB DK1 drive onto a 60GB Hitachi HTC drive I purchased from Newegg. That process has proven to be very involved, and may result in other posts.

Main question:
In the process of trying to clone the original drive, somehow CSS lunched my primary partition. I did a rescue and recovery from the service partition back to factory. I was able to recover and/or download everything but WinDVD.

I looked in IBM tools, where it should be, and it was not there. I have an ultrabase with DVD/CDR for my X40, but somehow my factory state image is missing it.

My laptop is out of warranty now, but I am wondering if there is a way to obtain the WinDVD software?

Thanks!

[gtphill]

When you do the restore did you have the ultrabase and drive attached? If not then you will be missing the software since that is how the restore process determines what software you are supposed to have.

Hello all!

New reader and poster here. I have been trying to clone my X40 20GB DK1 drive onto a 60GB Hitachi HTC drive I purchased from Newegg. That process has proven to be very involved, and may result in other posts.

Main question:
In the process of trying to clone the original drive, somehow CSS lunched my primary partition. I did a rescue and recovery from the service partition back to factory. I was able to recover and/or download everything but WinDVD.

I looked in IBM tools, where it should be, and it was not there. I have an ultrabase with DVD/CDR for my X40, but somehow my factory state image is missing it.

My laptop is out of warranty now, but I am wondering if there is a way to obtain the WinDVD software?

Thanks!

Yes, I did the install on the ultrabase at my desk while I was working. I have had the ultrabase with me to all booting from cdrom as I tried to figure out how to successfully clone my drive.

I understand what you are saying, but for some reason it is missing even in the presence of the ultrabase.

Thanks