IBM T43P Recovery Disk

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Scahtie · #1 Post by **Scahtie** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:10 pm

Does anyone know where I can find a recovery disk for the IBM T43P? I have some software problems that I can't seem to fix and want to start fresh. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Temetka · #2 Post by **Temetka** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:16 am

You can try e-bay, or contacting Lenovo.

BTW - Shouldn't this be in the market place forum?

rrgane · #3 Post by **rrgane** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:25 am

Scahtie wrote:Does anyone know where I can find a recovery disk for the IBM T43P? I have some software problems that I can't seem to fix and want to start fresh. Any help is greatly appreciated.

well if your recovery partition is still there (i.e. you haven't deleted it) you could just do a system restore:

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or you could try Ebay, that's what i did for my T40, and i think i paid far less then i would have through Lenovo..

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#4 Post by **richk** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:23 am

where are you in california?

Scahtie · #5 Post by **Scahtie** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:52 pm

Intereistingly enough, I tried doing system restore and it says that I am missing all this [censored] and that I need to use a recovery disk. Furthermore, any program I use in system restore does not operate to completion. It could be possible that I deleted some files, but I doubt that I would do that.

If I get a recovery disk off ebay, what exactly willl be on it and what will be the protocols? Will windows and office be removed from my computer? Or will everything besides the operating system be replaced?

I am in the San Diego area.

Thanks for the help and more is appreciated.

#6 Post by **GomJabbar** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:32 pm

The Product Recovery Disc set deletes all partitions and erases everything on your hard drive, then it creates the FAT32 service partition for Rescue and Recovery and the NTFS C: partition for Windows. It restores Windows and all the software as it came originally from IBM. If you want to use these discs, be sure and make a full backup of your existing setup - or at the minimum backup your data files. I recommend a full backup because sometimes you forget some items otherwise.

EDIT: Yes, they will remove Office as that is not in the factory preload. You will still have WinDVD, DLA, and RecordNow! however.

Dimitri_P · #7 Post by **Dimitri_P** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:10 pm

rrgane wrote: link

Those are copies.
Seen a lot of the lately.

Original come on the aluminum CD with black printed on them

Temetka · #8 Post by **Temetka** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:00 am

richk wrote:where are you in california?

ZIP: 91740
626 area code.

About 8 hours drive north for me, south for you.

bontistic · #9 Post by **bontistic** » Thu May 03, 2007 8:34 am

Dimitri is correct, original CDs are on silver face CDs with black print.
You should be careful also of those selling recovery CDs that does not contain any OS (only drivers).

Dimitri_P · #10 Post by **Dimitri_P** » Fri May 04, 2007 1:36 am

bontistic wrote:Dimitri is correct, original CDs are on silver face CDs with black print.
You should be careful also of those selling recovery CDs that does not contain any OS (only drivers).

There is one dude from Australia, that is flooding ebay with homemade copies... Well at least he got himself a fulltime job burning them, sinc eI guess he has nothing better to do...

Temetka · #11 Post by **Temetka** » Fri May 04, 2007 1:52 am

Dimitri_P wrote:
rrgane wrote: link
Those are copies.
Seen a lot of the lately.

Original come on the aluminum CD with black printed on them

FWIW it's worth, I have both sets. One from e-bay (looks just like the one in the link) and an official copy from IBM (which I got for free). Both set's work fine.

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