Rescue & Recovery error 1722 during reload of OS and R&a

[tradbourne]

I have an X30 that had R&R installed on the hard drive. I want to install a fresh copy of Win XP SP2 on it and the latest R&R (ibmrr1182).

Using the instuctions for reloading XP, I created recovery CD's, then reformatted, loaded windows XP, loaded all the IBM utilities, loaded productivity software, fought with Java, etc and now after 10 hours I have the system ready to put R&R on it. Now I get the dreaded error 1722 and the recommendations below are to wipe the HD, reformat, "Go to jail, go directly to jail, do not pass go and do not collect $200". Basically, I need to start all over. Is this still correct?

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... light=1722

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=7788

[GomJabbar]

You might want to read the caveats on the text files for IBM Rescue and Recovery updates. Note the following:

> Consideration 12
> computers that have a hidden protected area (HPA), also referred
> to as PARTIES, and have the Rescue and Recovery program installed
> will not be able to boot into either the PARTIES or Rescue and
> Recovery workspace after recovering the original factory contents.
> To enable the PARTIES area again, restore a backup using either the
> Rescue and Recovery program in the Windows environment or by booting
> from rescue media and then uninstall the Rescue and Recovery program.

You can view the entire file by going to Access IBM > Get Help & Support > Download & update > Device drivers & software downloads. Enter the information for your laptop to get to the Driver Matrix page where you can find the text files (expand choice under Rescue and Recovery).

[s0larian]

you could try the following assuming you have a clean XP installation:

1. Clear out the MBR (look here: http://ldp.rtin.bz/LDP/LG/issue63/okopnik.html or google for a tool)

2. boot with a XP Retail CD into the recovery console and do "Fixmbr" and "Fixboot"

After step 2 you should be able to boot into XP again.

3. Try to install R&R

For the next time after a clean XP installation just install R&R as the first thing to see if you run into trouble with the MBR (that's what I am doing after I learned the lesson). Usually this stupid error happens when more than one partition are created (i.e. with partition tools like Acronis or Partitionmagic)

[tradbourne]

To close off this subject, I went back and downloaded the Hitachi Drive fitness test mentioned in the first message and started all over erasing the MBR and doing a low level format with this utility, reloaded XP, and then "immediately" installed Rescue and Recovery and IT WORKED.

Lesson learned, put R&R on early to ensure that it will not force you to start over.

Tim