Did Rescue & Recovery. Have no CREATE RECOVERY DISKS

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silo · #1 Post by **silo** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:27 am

In another thread someone said that if I did Rescue and Recovery putting my T42 back to factory specs then I would have "Create Recovery Disks" under Access IBM.

Well, I did and it ain't there.

How best to replace the 40G 5400RPM drive with my 80G 7200RPM? Just start from scratch?

silo · #2 Post by **silo** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:09 pm

Replying to my own note here--

I was given to understand that if I ran R&R on the T42 I just bought on eBay that this would reinstate the capacity for making my own set of recovery disks.

Well, I ran rescue and recover, returned the machine to factory condition, but there is no "Create Recovery Disks" anywhere that I can find.

Could someone knowledgeable about this inform me as to how to regain this capability if that is possible, and if not, where would be the ideal souce for a set of recovery disks for the IBM T42?

I got the machine on eBay and it's in fine condition and even has, as it turns out, a year of the 3 year warranty left (until April 2008).
So if R&R disk set is something to which I am entitled under warranty, I'm wondering if I could get them directly from IBM/Lenovo?

Thanks all--

#3 Post by **Kyocera** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:24 pm

On some models, once you burn a set of CD's the option is gone, maybe the previous owner burned a set. What model do you have I think I still have a set I burned from my T42, any set for T42 should work.

silo · #4 Post by **silo** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:47 am

Kyocera wrote:On some models, once you burn a set of CD's the option is gone, maybe the previous owner burned a set. What model do you have I think I still have a set I burned from my T42, any set for T42 should work.

My T42 is a 2373Y4C

#5 Post by **carbon_unit** » Fri May 18, 2007 5:45 am

It could be in one of two places:

# Click Start.
# Select All Programs.
# Select Thinkvantage.
# Click Create Recovery Discs

or

# Click Start.
# Select All Programs.
# Select Access IBM.
# Click Create Recovery Discs

silo · #6 Post by **silo** » Sat May 19, 2007 1:27 am

carbon_unit wrote:It could be in one of two places:

# Click Start.
# Select All Programs.
# Select Thinkvantage.
# Click Create Recovery Discs

or

# Click Start.
# Select All Programs.
# Select Access IBM.
# Click Create Recovery Discs

Neither of those. Alas. Meantime, I have installed a new 7200 RPM 80G Hitachi hard drive and installed Vista on that. So I've got to figure out what to do about the whole suite of IBM/Lenovo software. I've got NONE OF IT on this new drive and setup.

I don't know if that's an advantage or a disadvantage.

A little help? Thanks.

athensoh · #7 Post by **athensoh** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:17 pm

carbon_unit wrote:It could be in one of two places:

# Click Start.
# Select All Programs.
# Select Thinkvantage.
# Click Create Recovery Discs

or

# Click Start.
# Select All Programs.
# Select Access IBM.
# Click Create Recovery Discs

I have the same problem: there's no link to Create Recovery Discs in the Start Menu - IBM Access item after restoring my T41 system to factory settings.

Does anybody know of the way to start the process from the
"Run" line or just by finding the right executable on the harddrive?

Thanks.

The Spirit of X21 · #8 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:20 am

If all else fails, I have T42 Recovery Discs if you need them. PM me...

rbena · #9 Post by **rbena** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:13 am

silo wrote:On some models, once you burn a set of CD's the option is gone, maybe the previous owner burned a set. What model do you have I think I still have a set I burned from my T42, any set for T42 should work.

I'm fairly certain if you do a factory install using the Product Recovery disks, the option to burn a set of CD's will be there.

I'm not certain if you do an R&R using the recovery hidden partition, whether the option to burn the CD's will also appear.

Can someone confirm this? Thanks.

rbena · #10 Post by **rbena** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:22 am

silo wrote:I was given to understand that if I ran R&R on the T42 I just bought on eBay that this would reinstate the capacity for making my own set of recovery disks.

Sorry I had the quote wrong before, and have corrected.

I guess what I'm asking is -

Can you continue to reinstall using the recovery hidden partition, and after each install, be able to burn another set of recovery CD's?

I think this only works when you use the CD's to do the reinstall.

Thanks.

#11 Post by **bill bolton** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:15 am

rbena wrote:Can you continue to reinstall using the recovery hidden partition, and after each install, be able to burn another set of recovery CD's?

No, you can't. You get one shot at making a Recovery CD set and once you've made them you can't make any more from that hidden partition installation instance.

If you do a complete fresh installation instance from Recovery CDs and so created a new hidden partition instance, you can make one more Recovery CD set from the new hidden partition installation instance.

And so on, ad infinitum!

Cheers,

Bill B.

pianowizard · #12 Post by **pianowizard** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:04 am

athensoh wrote:I have the same problem: there's no link to Create Recovery Discs in the Start Menu - IBM Access item after restoring my T41 system to factory settings.

The option to burn your own recovery discs started with the T42 and R51. The T41 doesn't give you this option. I know because I have two R50p's, which is identical to the T41.

pmradio · #13 Post by **pmradio** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:29 pm

pianowizard wrote:
athensoh wrote:I have the same problem: there's no link to Create Recovery Discs in the Start Menu - IBM Access item after restoring my T41 system to factory settings.
The option to burn your own recovery discs started with the T42 and R51. The T41 doesn't give you this option. I know because I have two R50p's, which is identical to the T41.

So, pianowizard, what do you do for recovery discs? Did you buy them separately? Trying to figure out the best way to factory-restore my T41p. Thanks.

- Paul

Paul Unger · #14 Post by **Paul Unger** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:07 pm

If all else fails, you can build your own. See this thread http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=1009, third post, for how to build your own XP cd from the i386 folder. Of course, you need to slipstream SP2 rather SP1 (the post is a bit old . . . ) and preserve a copy of the 'extra' folders (WinDVD, RecordNow, etc.). I figure you're going to want updated drivers, and restoring to "factory conditions" will leave you needing to update drivers anyway . . . Six of one, half dozen the other.

pmradio · #15 Post by **pmradio** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:24 pm

Paul Unger wrote:If all else fails, you can build your own. See this thread http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=1009, third post, for how to build your own XP cd from the i386 folder. Of course, you need to slipstream SP2 rather SP1 (the post is a bit old . . . ) and preserve a copy of the 'extra' folders (WinDVD, RecordNow, etc.). I figure you're going to want updated drivers, and restoring to "factory conditions" will leave you needing to update drivers anyway . . . Six of one, half dozen the other.

Thanks, Paul. So, sounds like if I can do an XP SP2 Slipstream, which I've already one, and copy off those backup folders, I can start from the beginning. So, what's on the hidden partition and how do I access that? Do most keep those or blow them away? Thanks again.

Paul

Paul Unger · #16 Post by **Paul Unger** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:43 pm

I'd try to explain it to you, but there are others here who have done a better job than I could. Give the search button a workout and I'm sure you'll find answers to all your questions (and some that you might not even think to ask

). For the record, I have gotten rid of the hidden partition on the 80GB drive and kept it on the 60GB (see sig). Go figure

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