Restore to factory - T400 gets 10 "File Not Found"

[tbessie]

So I did a full factory restore from media using the system restore disks, on my T400. When it got to the very last stages, however, when a bunch of messages were scrolling by on a text console, about 10 times it beeped, and before it scrolled away, I saw "File Not Found" about some files it was trying to copy.

This seems highly worrisome to me. Is anybody else getting this?

- Tim

[kingweb]

Did windows install successfuly? Or did it give you errors and promt you how you want to continue?

I have seen several types of errors during these installations. I THINK (not sure) that it is because Lenovo creastes a generic install for every T400, but since hardware configurations are different, some things may not be found and cause a harmless error.

If you did get errors that promted you how to continue or caused windows problems, I had a similar situation with my first T400. It ended up being the hard drive.

[crazyfrog]

It is not a serious problem as far as the restore process can get to its end. I've noticed that previous restore program in Thinkpad T4X/T6X reported missing files too.

[tbessie]

Thanks all - yeah, I haven't had any notable problems after the restore, so I suppose those messages can be safely ignored.

- Tim