Custom Restore on a T42

[dr_st]

I know that the new version of the Rescue&Recovery software, that's used on the T60 models allows one to do a "custom restore" when restoring factory contents, thus not installing most of the crapware, instead of having to uninstall it later.

Is there such an option for a T42?

[richk]

The latest R&R is not officially supported on T42. I have heard some people say it works fine, and others say it doesn't work. I have not been willing to try.

[dr_st]

Suppose I was going to try, how would I go about it? Simply download it and run it? Would it install itself onto the hidden partition?

[richk]

I didn't try. My plan was to clone my disk (with R&R 3) and play with the new disk, so I hope someone with real experience posts.

[dr_st]

So which version of R&R I have to use? And where is this feature located?

[richk]

I used version 3. I actually used 3 HDs. I backed up my original drive to a USB drive and restored to a 3rd disk to be sure it worked. One problem is that R&R 3 is a big download (about 450MB)

[dr_st]

I downloaded and installed version 3. Then when I used the Access IBM button during startup, the recovery environment looked different, but I still didn't find the option to do a custom install.

What am I missing?

[andyP]

When the option is there, and I believe it is in version 3, it comes after you have accepted the "licence" / "terms and conditions".
I see possibly one problem, your note book wasn't v.3 and I'm not sure that it will be available when v.3 is installed afterwards.
If no one can say for sure, I'll try it out on a T41 and let you know, that's assuming I can find where to download v.3 - v.4 seems to be on offer at the moment which doesn't support T41/42. OR it may be possible I can copy it from another ThinkPad.