IBM ThinkPad T43 Restore Disks?? Help

[Alexandy1]

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

[kfzhu1229]

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

[Alexandy1]

How do I do that?

[kfzhu1229]

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.

[Alexandy1]

I burn that onto a CD with windows XP pro on it and installed windows can you send the IBMTOOLS file

[RealBlackStuff]

Check the Recovery Repository in our Marketforum: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=128170

[789]

In case someone still needs seven T43 recovery CDs:

https://archive.org/details/39K92633