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PalleRaa · #1 Post by **PalleRaa** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:18 pm

Hi everybody

I installed Vista on my PC, and now i can't use the F11 button anymore. I then found this on lenovos website:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-54483

I use the iso since i dont have a FDD drive for my X60s. I have now burned 2 CD's but nothing is on them, and when i try to boot it says missing command something. I tried to download it several times, still the same. Also when i just mounted it on my normal PC i still dont see anything in it... What is wrong?

/PalleRaa

K0LO · #2 Post by **K0LO** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:17 pm

Did you burn the CD as an iso image or as a regular data CD?

Using Nero you would choose "Burn image" on the "Recorder" menu.

PalleRaa · #3 Post by **PalleRaa** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:26 pm

I burned it using Alcohol 120%

/PalleRaa

PalleRaa · #4 Post by **PalleRaa** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 3:58 pm

Anyone have any ideas?? Im a bit lost...

Maybe if someone have downloaded a working ISO before. I think the file hosted now is not working.

/PalleRaa

K0LO · #5 Post by **K0LO** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:41 pm

Palleraa:

I did a test by downloading the iso file from Lenovo. I burned it to a CD-RW as a bootable iso image and tried it out. It works fine, so the hosted file is OK.

The burned CD looks like it has no files if you examine it with Windows Explorer, but the CD is 1.46 MB in size. When booted it loads PC-DOS and then displays a couple of screens full of information about replacing the Master Boot Record on the hard disk (I stopped there, not wanting to replace mine!)

I still suspect that your problem is that the disk you made is not bootable. Since I've never used Alcohol 120%, I can't advise you of the correct settings, but go look in their documentation to see what you need to do to burn a bootable iso image to a CD.

#6 Post by **GomJabbar** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:13 pm

If you haven't removed Sonic RecordNow! from your machine, try making a bootable CD with that. Since that is the recording software that comes with the ThinkPads, IBM/Lenovo should have made sure that it would work with the download.

FWIW, I have had some burning programs that claimed to be able to make a bootable CD, but were unable to for what I wanted. For me, Nero 4 was the best that I have used.

PalleRaa · #7 Post by **PalleRaa** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 11:23 am

Okay, so the file is OK. Im just gonna have to try with some different burning softwares. I will se if I can get a hold of the RecordNow, otherwise I will just have to look for a USB floppy drive...

Thanks very much for the help guys...

/PalleRaa

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