Annoying problems, please help

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Annoying problems, please help

#1 Post by ckwbff » Mon May 21, 2007 11:45 pm

So I need to buy a new hard drive for my T41 since my current one is completely dead but I have no idea what to replace it with. And also how do I recover back to original thinkpad software if I can't even access the recovery partition?
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#2 Post by carbon_unit » Tue May 22, 2007 5:30 am

Sounds like you need a set of recovery discs. Ask around here, maybe someone has a set.
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#3 Post by Brad » Tue May 22, 2007 5:54 am

Any PATA drive will work. Any available capacity and any available RPM. I would recommend a 7200 RPM drive. If you haven't tried one you may notice that your ThinkPad will appear new again with a snappyness never before seen. New or used the prices now are cheap.

If you don't have the recovery disks just ask I am sure someone has some.

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#4 Post by WarMachine » Tue May 22, 2007 5:59 am

I agree with Brad.

Just be careful concerning non new HDDs.

HDDs are fragile.

If you purchase one, try it before, and test it with the adequat diagnostic tools.

You'll find a list here :

http://www.aideonline.com/pages/faq-Ver ... r-398.html

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#5 Post by underclocker » Tue May 22, 2007 8:45 am

Also, consider warranty, they range from 1 to 5 years for after market drives.
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#6 Post by ckwbff » Tue May 22, 2007 4:57 pm

Okay, I got the new hard drive and was too impatient to wait for a recovery disk so I installed XP on it, but now the network drivers don't work even after burning them onto a disk and installing them on the T41. Do I absolutely need to recover to the original software for this computer to work?
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#7 Post by WarMachine » Tue May 22, 2007 6:02 pm

Hello,

Do you use this driver ? :

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mo ... ra09ww.exe

Installation is explained in the following file :

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mo ... ra09ww.txt

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#8 Post by ckwbff » Tue May 22, 2007 6:38 pm

Yep, I used those drivers.
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