recovery cd not working

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jim121 · #1 Post by **jim121** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 10:56 am

hello. when i try to use recovery cd, this massage show up: "Harddisk is not large enough to contain the partition needs to be restored or the system BIOS doesn't support int 12h extensions for HD 0".
what it means? whats wrong? help me please....thank u. i use T40.

s0larian · #2 Post by **s0larian** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 1:28 pm

Probably you have to drop all partitions first with a tool like fdisk. Only with no partition on the hd you are able to install the recovery area from the cd's. If you just want to install the OS without recovery area from the cd's, it should work if there is a valid windows partition.

jim121 · #3 Post by **jim121** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 2:01 pm

i have no partition. i just want to clean install windows. could i make the ibm service hidden partition using recovery cd's? how? thank you.

sktn77a · #4 Post by **sktn77a** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 3:29 pm

Make sure you are selecting the right options when you boot the recovery CD - there are a couple and you might need to select the right one to repartition, format and load the HPA and the C drive.

You cannot do a "clean install" of XP from the recovery CDs but I believe there is an option not to have the HPA.

jim121 · #5 Post by **jim121** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:08 pm

when i booted with recovery cd 1, there is no choice.... it's just like a warning that i'm gonna loose all my data on harddisk. then i choose yes. then that weird massage showed up...NO choice but restart. or maybe i should change my partition from ntfs to fat32?

jim121 · #6 Post by **jim121** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 10:02 am

i just bought a brand new harddrive, its hitachi travelstar 40 GB. and i want to use my recovery cd's(7 cd's) to install windows and all stuff.

1. i set the boot sequence : cdrom at 1st boot
2.i inserted cd 1
3.i'm asked if i sure to start recovery, coz i'll lost all my data on c.
4.i choosed YES
5. then blue screen appears with this massage : Harddrive is not large enough to contain the partition needs to be restored or the system BIOS doesn't support int 13h extensions for harddrive 0. press enter to restart.
6.then i've tried to delete all the partition with fdisk.
7.try to boot with cd 1. and still the same.
8. run the drive fitness test.
9. no different.
10. what should i do? whats really wrong with my t40???

hello... could anybody help me please...i'm really stuck now.i've called ibm service center, no solution....

#7 Post by **jdhurst** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:30 pm

1. Start the T40 and go to the BIOS. Check the BIOS and Embedded Controller levels.

1a. If not current, go to the IBM PC Support site and download the latest BIOS and latest Embedded Controller files for your T40. Get a USB Floppy if you don't have one. Borrow one if necessary. Update the Embedded Controller and then update the BIOS.

2. Set the BIOS to boot from CD.

3. Boot the Recovery CD 1.

4. When the main menu appears (before you try to start the recovery) press Escape, the F3 to exit. Should leave you at X:\Recovery or some such.

5. Run Fdisk.

6. Delete all partitions.

7. Then FDISK /mbr

8. Shut down.

9. Restart with Recovery CD 1.

10. Carefully follow the prompts.

That should build the PreDesktop area and then proceed to recover your system.

If this doesn't work, your recovery CD's may be defective. It has happened before (to me, at least)

... JDHurst

ian · #8 Post by **ian** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:52 pm

This is perhaps a really silly question - but did you in fact start with the 1st of the 7 CD's, or the CD marked 1 of 1 ? (Assuming that there are 8 CD's in total) My recovery set from IBM has a single 'restore' cd which then calls for 7 recovery CDs...just a thought.

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