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    Recovering IBM thinkpad

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by aila.balic, Sep 8, 2009.

  1. aila.balic

    aila.balic Newbie

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    I have a 2004 IBM think pad and i ordered the recovery disk i followed all the directions provided and once i save the boot to UBS CD as the primary startup i dont get any prompt it just restarts and asks me if i want to startup normally, safemode, safemode networking, safemode command prompt, and last working configuration, and none of them work. What should I do?? :confused:

    please help i need my laptop fixed by tomorrow!!!!
     
    aila.balic, Sep 8, 2009
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  2. t30power

    t30power Notebook Deity

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    Are you using a USB CD drive?
    Why not insert the 1st recovery disk on the Ultranav drive, power on your Thinkpad, press F12 and choose the name of the drive, typically MATA or something that says optical, dvd-rom, etc.
    If you're trying to boot using an external CD, you can do the same thing, pressing F12 upon starting the machine but choosing the appropiate option in the menu that appears.
     
    t30power, Sep 8, 2009
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