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    What to delete on new T61P ?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Zigot, Mar 21, 2008.

  1. Zigot

    Zigot Notebook Guru

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    Hello all,

    I just got my new T61P ( running xp Pro ) and I'm trying to figure out how to reduce the useless stuff....

    This is a s/s of my DIR. "totalcmd" is the only DIR i just installed.

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    1 - I need to know which DIR i need to keep to be able to do a recovery install?
    I also have made a rescue/recovery CD already.
    2 - Are those DIR useless? SUPPORT, SWSHARE, SWTOOLS, VALUEADD, icons?
    3 - Are I386 and drivers are the only two DIR i need for recovery?

    If anybody could give inputs/helps? thx

    Happy Easter!!
     
    Zigot, Mar 21, 2008
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  2. zoogle

    zoogle Notebook Consultant

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    You'll want to hang on to the SWTools and SWShare folders as they contain all your ThinkVantage software. I think there's another copy of them inaccessible (at least through normal means) to you on the hidden partition but that copy of the ThinkVantage stuff is meant for Rescue/Recovery and diagnostics. As far as I know, everything you need to do a system recovery is either on those discs you burned or on the hidden partition.

    You can access the partition using the ThinkVantage button when your laptop is POSTing. You can consider turning system restore off (and shadow volume copies). It saved me 3GB and I was coming from just a few days of use.
     
    zoogle, Mar 21, 2008
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  3. Zigot

    Zigot Notebook Guru

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    Oh thx.
    I just ran disk management and saw the recovery partition ( ~6 gb )
    I read a thread on the "Base software administrator" i'm going to give it a try.
     
    Zigot, Mar 21, 2008
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  4. gamemint

    gamemint Notebook Evangelist

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    You should do a reformat and reinstall the OS.
     
    gamemint, Mar 21, 2008
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