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    Rescue & Recovery DOWNGRADED MY OS

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Supercujo, Sep 8, 2008.

  1. Supercujo

    Supercujo Notebook Consultant

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    I have a T61 and have been having troubles with it so I tried to do a rescue and recovery. After going through the process 4 times it finally worked but i started out with Vista Business 32bit but when it did the recovery it gave me XP.

    Everything works on XP but what happened to my Vista that I reluctantly paid for? If I want to upgrade to Vista in the future how do I get it back?
     
    Supercujo, Sep 8, 2008
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  2. BinkNR

    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    Heh. Some would consider that a blessing? I’d think you’d have to call Lenovo for new recovery disks if you want Vista back—or install it manually.
     
    BinkNR, Sep 8, 2008
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  3. keltix

    keltix Notebook Deity

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    you must have used Windows XP Recovery disks...

    im not sure, but try calling for Vista recovery disks (if you didn't burn recovery disks)

    i don't know what happened to the recovery partition
     
    keltix, Sep 8, 2008
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    ndsasdks Notebook Enthusiast

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    You normally pay extra for those. I will prob get the XP discs if I decide to order a t400.
     
    ndsasdks, Sep 8, 2008
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  5. TravisBean

    TravisBean Notebook Evangelist

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    Are all the other problems that you had with the computer solved now?
     
    TravisBean, Sep 8, 2008
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  6. Supercujo

    Supercujo Notebook Consultant

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    Yes they are, XP works perfectly with my laptop, like the one poster said, it really is a blessing in disguise.
     
    Supercujo, Sep 8, 2008
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  7. TravisBean

    TravisBean Notebook Evangelist

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    Quit while your ahead.
     
    TravisBean, Sep 8, 2008
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  8. keltix

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    did you install bluetooth
     
    keltix, Sep 8, 2008
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  9. Supercujo

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    Yeah, bluetooth is loaded.
     
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  10. keltix

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    was it a clean install, or a downgrade?

    if clean, what driver did you use?
     
    keltix, Sep 8, 2008
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