R50e Restoration

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R50e Restoration

#1 Post by imweezle » Tue May 29, 2007 10:23 pm

Hey all, I've got a question I hope someone can help me with. Right now, I am running Windows Vista Ultimate on my laptop and I just upgraded from Windows XP. Windows XP was what was originally installed on my laptop, and if I ever had computer problems, I would just restore factory settings from the recovery menu when I booted up my laptop (this would take me back to Windows XP and remove all of my applications). Well, when I upgraded to Vista I lost some hard disk space, and I want to go back to XP for the time being. So, first I turned off my computer and when it loaded I pressed the blue Access IBM button to open the Access IBM menu during the boot up, but since I am running Vista, I don't get the Access IBM menu. I get a list of choices for booting up, but Vista is the only OS that I can select. My question is this, is their a way for me get to the Access IBM menu where I can restore factory settingsin Vista? If so, could you link to some drivers or whatever it is that I will need? I appreciate the help very much.

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Michael

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#2 Post by Temetka » Tue May 29, 2007 11:49 pm

++ on this request. I have installed everything from System Update and still no 'Access IBM' button love in Vista.
New:
Thinkpad T430s 8GB DDR3, 1600x900, 128GB + 250GB SSD's, etc.
Old:
E6520, Precision M4400, D630, Latitude E6520
ThinkPad Tablet 16GB 1838-22U
IBM Thinkpad X61T, T61, T43, X41T, T60, T41P, T42, T410, X301

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