R&R only boots after restored to factory settings

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R&R only boots after restored to factory settings

#1 Post by LPC » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:53 pm

I just restored my HD for my new T42p to factory settings with product restore disks. It seemed all went well no errors, but now the R&R will only boot. Windows will not boot. Do I need to force boot Windows?
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#2 Post by sarbin » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:47 pm

did you, by chance, update rnr after the restore to factory state?
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Re: R&R only boots after restored to factory settings

#3 Post by Johan » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:42 am

LPC wrote:I just restored my HD for my new T42p to factory settings with product restore disks. It seemed all went well no errors, but now the R&R will only boot. Windows will not boot. Do I need to force boot Windows?
Did the actual restore process (using the IBM Rescue & recovery CD-ROM media) eventually succeed? If not, you might want to see the hints in the thread T42 - Why is this hapening after Rescue and Recovery.

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#4 Post by carbon_unit » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:44 am

Have you tried telling it to "restore to factory condition" a second time? The cd's just install the restore partition. Then you have to install windows from the restore partition using R&R.
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Re: R&R only boots after restored to factory settings

#5 Post by LPC » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:38 am

Johan wrote:
LPC wrote:I just restored my HD for my new T42p to factory settings with product restore disks. It seemed all went well no errors, but now the R&R will only boot. Windows will not boot. Do I need to force boot Windows?
Did the actual restore process (using the IBM Rescue & recovery CD-ROM media) eventually succeed? If not, you might want to see the hints in the thread T42 - Why is this hapening after Rescue and Recovery.

Johan
I think this is my problem. I will try it when I get home. Thanks!
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Re: R&R only boots after restored to factory settings

#6 Post by LPC » Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:21 am

LPC wrote:
Johan wrote: Did the actual restore process (using the IBM Rescue & recovery CD-ROM media) eventually succeed? If not, you might want to see the hints in the thread T42 - Why is this hapening after Rescue and Recovery.

Johan
I think this is my problem. I will try it when I get home. Thanks!
This was the problem. Funny it looks like it is stuck in a loop.....glad its all up and running now!
Thanks
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