Clean Install of RnR

[freezingtimbers]

I think I downloaded RnR two times to different locations on my hardrive. I downloaded using the software Installer, then I tried uninstall using add/remove programs. It said it uninstalled but it is still on my computer. Then i went directly to the IBM/Lenovo website and redownloaded that huge file again an reinstalled it. Well, now when I try installing from either source it just kind of freezes. Is there a way to completely remove RnR from my system? Should I not do this? It seems to be taking up a lot of memory. I searched and there was no info how to uninstall this. Please help.

[silo]

I think I downloaded RnR two times to different locations on my hardrive. I downloaded using the software Installer, then I tried uninstall using add/remove programs. It said it uninstalled but it is still on my computer. Then i went directly to the IBM/Lenovo website and redownloaded that huge file again an reinstalled it. Well, now when I try installing from either source it just kind of freezes. Is there a way to completely remove RnR from my system? Should I not do this? It seems to be taking up a lot of memory. I searched and there was no info how to uninstall this. Please help.

I believe, but am not certain, that this is done from the Software Installer. You run the installer, it offers the opportunity to unistall things, then gives you a list of things that are installed or that it has installed. I THINK that's how it works, but YMMV.

[freezingtimbers]

from the software installer it says RnR is not installed, but I can run the program on my computer. When i try installing it hangs on installing for ever and wont install. i really want to get rid of this program

[qchaser]

Howcome everywhere I look I´ll see problems with RNR?

Maybe I am stupid but why on earth do people need this RNR in the first place? Just because you don´t have optical station? This shouldn´t be a problem in most cases. I do not need a crystal ball to see that in almost every home and office there is a CD-burner with USB connection. And as you can see even if you do have RNR you should make a bunch of back up cd's. 7 pieces in fact!

My solution is this:

Download network drivers and software installer from Lenovo.

Goto bios and make this RNR partition visible. Start your system with any XP Pro CD available. Choose to delete this RNR partition. Format the whole HDD. Clean install XP. Install network drivers and the software installer. Download everything you need and start working.

RNR? Never heard.

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[christopher_wolf]

Howcome everywhere I look I´ll see problems with RNR?

Maybe I am stupid but why on earth do people need this RNR in the first place? Just because you don´t have optical station? This shouldn´t be a problem in most cases. I do not need a crystal ball to see that in almost every home and office there is a CD-burner with USB connection. And as you can see even if you do have RNR you should make a bunch of back up cd's. 7 pieces in fact!

My solution is this:

Download network drivers and software installer from Lenovo.

Goto bios and make this RNR partition visible. Start your system with any XP Pro CD available. Choose to delete this RNR partition. Format the whole HDD. Clean install XP. Install network drivers and the software installer. Download everything you need and start working.

RNR? Never heard.

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Trouble is, you can't get *everything* working...You won't have PC Doctor, and you won't have some other nifty features that come on the factory install. I made mine just in case, then I made an up-to-date HDD image CD set. It is pretty dangerous, unless really required, to go off and not worry about the RnR; if it doesn't cause any problems, I will just leave it there. Same reason Windows XP has System Restore. Is it needed all the time? Nope, it isn't really required often at all; only when something nasty happens, it rolls back to the last known best configuration. IBM has a feature that does this too. If you don't need it, sure....Still, I wouldn't get a laptop now that didn't have some sort of factory install media and just came with the WinXP Pro CDs.

[qchaser]

I'm not here to fight about it. *hands up*

PC Doctor is missing for sure. This is one thing I don't need. I am also missing a couple of Thinkpad pre-installed software. I'm not a technical specialist but when I did (I was forced to) clean install XP my X41 became much much faster. I assume Norton was one of those resource hogs, for example.

I've been using Zonealarm as firewall and AntiVir for virus shield for years. These are very light and works perfect. I've never ever experienced any viruses or any attacks. At one time I decided to try up F-Secure Internet Security package but my God how it slowed down my system. Funny thing was that when this package (F) was installed it took over 200MB when AntiVir and Zonealarm are only around 30MB together. Not to mention that these both are free. My largest software packages are Microsoft Office XP Pro, Photodraw and Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Pro. I mostly use Office and Adobe. My main browser is Firefox. For email client I am using both Outlook and Thunderbird nowadays mostly Thunderbird.

When I have XP on one CD, drivers and software on 2-4 CD and all my files backed up on a portable HDD I do not need RNR. In fact I was "a little bit" disappointed last week when my system crashed. If this Access IBM button was as handy as it was advertised it shouldn´t need any sort of tricks with burning CD's etc. to retrieve all as it was from factory? As I said I am not an engineer but I seriously believed that if I wanted to restore my system into factory setting I would just need to press once (+ a click or two) and that's it. However, I couldn't retrieve a thing - when my dear X41 told me that OS was not found.

But after all it's up to you. Some likes the mother and some likes the daughter.

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