From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Tue May 21 2002 - 08:05:46 EDT
And I needed to recover a T21 with the XGA+ screen from the standard
recovery disk. Ouch, what a pain, finally got it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Bell" <RobDBell_at_netscape.net>
To: <louw_at_prefer.net>
Cc: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: T22 RECOVERY -- NOT!!
> I would just start downloading and installing the latest IBM drivers (I
> assume you have access to downloading them because you were able to send
> e-mail from somewhere). Wouldn't you rather have the latest drivers
> anyway? Sure, it will take a little more manual effort, but your system
> will end up in better shape in the end.
>
> Don't worry about the NIC card, Win2K should find it and install the
> correct drivers. If it doesn't, then you'll need to install them as you
> did the first time you installed the card.
>
> HTH,
> Rob
>
> louw_at_prefer.net wrote:
>
> > After all the problems that I have reported here, I did a complete wipe
> > of the hard drive and used the recovery CD ROM.
> >
> > Now all I have is Win2k at 640 x 480 16 colors. None of the IBM
> > software was installed.
> >
> > According to the support tech, I should not have removed the CD before
> > rebooting which the instructions on the screen told me to do.
> >
> > He also said that since the NIC card in the computer was added after
> > shipping, I should remove it because the recovery would fail when it saw
> > it.
> >
> > This does not seem logical to me (no I am not a Vulcan).
> >
> > I am open to suggestions on what to do next, other than wait until the
> > next support shift starts in the morning.
> >
> > Warm regards
> > Lou
>
>
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