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    Recovery Disk?!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jsailorca2002, Nov 14, 2007.

  1. jsailorca2002

    jsailorca2002 Notebook Consultant

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    Just bought a R61i. I am missing a recovery disk here? Does anyone know where I can get one? Thanks.
     
    jsailorca2002, Nov 14, 2007
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  2. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    read your manual---somewhere is an option to burn your own recovery cd.
     
    gerryf19, Nov 14, 2007
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  3. jsailorca2002

    jsailorca2002 Notebook Consultant

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    I see. I thought Lenovo would include one but I guess they wanna spare the cost. :D
     
    jsailorca2002, Nov 14, 2007
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    gsrthomas Notebook Consultant

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    I think its time for a "recovery disk" sticky.

    I'm new here and I already know everything about recovery disks and the hidden partition and I havent even gotten my T61p yet! :eek:
     
    gsrthomas, Nov 14, 2007
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    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

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    you can create your own
     
    gridtalker, Nov 14, 2007
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  6. philfna

    philfna Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    I would agree to the recovery disk sticky, and perhaps Lenovo's return policy.
     
    philfna, Nov 14, 2007
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  7. JabbaJabba

    JabbaJabba ThinkPad Facilitator

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    Yes, it would be good to sticky a lot of topics, including Lenovo's return policy, but users also have a responsibility to search before asking. In 90% of my own searches on NBR, I find the answers to my questions very quickly.

    Please don't misunderstand me, I am all for helping (new) users, which I think many can attest to, but I am often surprised to see so many posts about the same topics day after day.

    Hence, I recommend and urge people to search the forums and read the stickies.

    Coming back to the subject regarding the recovery disks, the current ThinkPad sticky includes the following:

    Software and Recovery Media
    ThinkPads do not come with Recovery Media. They must burned from your computer which we would highly recommend you do shortly after receiving your machine. Put them in a safe place too. The recovery discs are not a Windows disc, but will restore your machine to its factory state. All the software for your machine, which would include the drivers and applications installed on your ThinkPad, is located in the SWTools folder on C:\ drive. We would recommend promptly making a copy of this as well.


    Link to ThinkPad sticky:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=163765
     
    JabbaJabba, Nov 14, 2007
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  8. jsailorca2002

    jsailorca2002 Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry about that. I handled a few Toshibas and recovery disk is always included. That's why I asked. I thought it's a standard thingy. I should have read the sticky in the front. My bad. :D
     
    jsailorca2002, Nov 14, 2007
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  9. philfna

    philfna Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Hey jsailor no problem-o :)
     
    philfna, Nov 14, 2007
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  10. JabbaJabba

    JabbaJabba ThinkPad Facilitator

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    No worries Jsailor. It might have sounded a bit harsh. If so it wasn't intended.
     
    JabbaJabba, Nov 14, 2007
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  11. jsailorca2002

    jsailorca2002 Notebook Consultant

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    It's all good. I like the machine btw. :D

    I am gonna gift wrap it and send the rebate in the next few days.
    Too bad it won't be mine in a few weeks. :mad:
     
    jsailorca2002, Nov 14, 2007
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