Problem using IBM rescue and recovery

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versha_prime · #1 Post by **versha_prime** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:08 pm

I am an owner of R51 IBM Thinkpad which I purchased 2 Years Back. Actually my OS somehow got corrupted and was not working well. So what I decided was to go for a factory restore. But before going for it I wanted to go for a backup of my important documents. I had installed an application enrypted magic folders to hide these documents and I was not able to backup these important documents because this application was also corrupted along with the OS. So what I did is Installed a new XP using my Friend's CD. I installed the new OS on a separate folder on root. After successful new installation I decided to take a backup of the documents which were now accessible from the newly installed OS. After taking the backup I decided to go for a factory Restore by pressing the Access IBM button during start up. But instead of entering the IBM rescue and recovery its going to BIOS. The hidden partition is still there on my hard disk and I can see it in disk management application. I have not created rescue and recovery discs however I created a backup using rapid restore on my USB hardisk. But running rapid restore application from my corrupted OS version for a bakup is also not helping because after restarting also it doesn't enter rescue and recovery, but it just prompts for which OS do I need to boot from ( The windows XP professional(newly installed) or the windows xp home(previous corrupted os)).

I want to go for a complete factory restore.
What should I do ??
please help me.

#2 Post by **ryengineer** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:26 pm

Rescue and Recovery - Recovery repair diskette.

You would need a floppy disk drive.

versha_prime · #3 Post by **versha_prime** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:02 pm

Hey I dont have a floppy disc drive.
won't a cd drive do??
cant i create a bootable cd????

or otherwise tell me can i go for an external floppy drive??
will i be able to boot from an external floppy drive???

#4 Post by **ryengineer** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:12 pm

Yes, external FDD will do. All the instructions are given in the above link, click "Obtain instructions for extracting a diskette image" for more info.

versha_prime · #5 Post by **versha_prime** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:36 am

I will try arranging for an external usb floppy disk drive.
Thanks for your help.

Can't I make a bootable cd out of this????

#6 Post by **ryengineer** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:52 am

versha_prime wrote:snip....Can't I make a bootable cd out of this????

AFAIK, no.

versha_prime · #7 Post by **versha_prime** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:56 pm

A Millio

on Thanks to ryengineer.
My problem is now solved and I m very happy to see my system working again.

Thanks a lot dear thanks a ton.
Cheers!!!!!

versha_prime · #8 Post by **versha_prime** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:17 am

Dear ryengineer, i want to delete an existing Rescue and Recoveru backup from my USB har disk Drive. How do I do it??
On manually locating it and deleting it says Access denied.

This backup is not even shown in Rescue and Recovery application.
Help me once again.
Thanks for the help u provided me in the past.

#9 Post by **ryengineer** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:47 am

Refer to the following thread:

Can't Delete Desktop Folder.

Go through all the posts.

Problem using IBM rescue and recovery

Problem using IBM rescue and recovery

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Regarding deletion of existing RnR backups

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