Re: [Thinkpad] Inter-model restore??

No NO Intermodel IBM CD's do work
IF it won't restore directly on the 600, then put the 600 drive into the
T30, re-install the RECOVERY PARTITION, pull the drive and do the recovery
from the partition on the 600. THAT works for sure.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Adams" <dcadams@neo.rr.com>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 8:46 PM
Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] Inter-model restore??

> Another suggestion, while you are purchasing a new drive, get a high
speed,
> such as a Hitachi 7k60, put it in the t30 and its drive in the 600, you
will
> notice a big speed increase in both machines. Usually intermodel restores
> will not work.... but you could restore it on the t30 then swap the drive
> into the 600 and just update the drivers. Sometimes that won't work
without
> entering safe mode on the 600 and deleting all of the items in the device
> manager, rebooting and allowing it to find all of the 600's hardware.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org] On
> Behalf Of Bruce Markowitz
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 8:36 PM
> To: Thomas Judge; thinkpad@stderr.org
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Inter-model restore??
>
> If the T30 restore is XP, it will work just fine, if it boots up and
starts
> properly (the BIOS may not let it, you have to try).
> You will need to update the video and utility drivers after the install is
> complete.
> Make sure your 600 is set to boot from the CD-ROM FIRST, or you will wind
up
> with only 1/2 of an install
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Judge" <thomas_judge@hotmail.com>
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 8:11 PM
> Subject: [Thinkpad] Inter-model restore??
>
>
> Hi,
>
> So here's an odd question.. I have a Thnkpad 600E that needs a new
> hard drive. I also have a T30. I do not have the original restore disc
> for the 600. I do have one for my T30.
>
> Would it work to set up a new HD on the 600 from scratch
> using the restore disc from the T30? What will be the problems
> with this approach? (Mainly, I assume, the wrong set of device
> drivers).
>
> Any thoughts?
> Thanks,
> Thomas
>
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