Anybody got the Recovery Disks for X40 ??

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Jason404 · #1 Post by **Jason404** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:33 pm

Has anybody got the Recovery Disk set for the X40? My father borrowed mine for a business trip to China, and now it has loads of Chinese crap all over the place. I cannot even understand the dialogue boxes to close the windows.

If anybody could...

1. Rip the CDs to image files
2. Upload them to my FTP server overnight

...I would be incredibly grateful.

I have the X31 discs on my server if anybody wants them.

Cheers

BobA · #2 Post by **BobA** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:36 pm

I'm also looking for the recovery CDs for the X40 -- I also have a web site to upload them to. I know I need to buy a set but need the upload right away. Please PM me. Thanks.

#3 Post by **Johan** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:32 pm

I don't know if you have perhaps already solved this problem, but I just wanted to share that today a colleague of mine - who had just gotten a new (used) X40 - borrowed my T42 R&R CD's and used them to restore Win XP on the X40 (actually, I went home before the installation had completed, but all seemed OK). Because of this, you may most likely use a set of T42 R&R CD's for your X40.

See the thread Could anyone send me the Lenovo/IBM X32 installation disks? and in particular the following inspired us to try the trick mentioned:

In the thread [url=http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=62506][color=blue][u]Just got myself an X31, and used the R40's HPA image on it.[/color][/u][/url], in the post of Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:50 pm, hadoken wrote:I have successfully slapped in T42 recovery discs in both an X31 and an X40 and they worked "enough" such that once I loaded the right Ethernet drivers, I could use Lenovo's System Update to D/L all the right drivers in 1 swoop. I am getting the feeling that IBM recovery disks of the same "vintage" are fungible to many machines.

If any of you have put your X40 R&R CD's on a ftp-site, I'd be interested in knowing - feel free to PM me!

Johan

Jason404 · #4 Post by **Jason404** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:23 pm

Ah yes, the T42 has a very similar chipset to the X40 (i855GM vs. i855PM, I think), so the chipset drivers may even be the same. If they do require different drivers, I suppose that if you install them as soon as possible, the laptop will still perform optimally.

I'll keep that in mind if I continue to get no response for this call for the X40 discs, which I would prefer to get.

I'll get in touch if somebody is kind enough to upload them to my server.

Jason404 · #5 Post by **Jason404** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:25 am

I am still looking for these discs, and my X40 is totally out of action

filmnmusic192 · #6 Post by **filmnmusic192** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:56 am

I am looking for these as well

Brad · #7 Post by **Brad** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:43 am

Will X41's CD's work?

Brad

filmnmusic192 · #8 Post by **filmnmusic192** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:43 am

Not Sure

Anyone know?

sarbin · #9 Post by **sarbin** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:27 pm

if this seller still has sets: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=62221
they are the real ibm disk sets. fast shipping too. 5-6 days from au to us.

my only connection is as a satisfied buyer.

hth

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