Re: [Thinkpad] Re: Transfer IBM preload from hard drive

If IBM wants to jerk you around like that... jerk them back. If the TP is
still under warranty, place a service call and tell them your HD has died.
 They'll ship you a replacement drive and a set of recovery disks, and you
just ship the drive back to them and keep the CDs.

"Simon Watson" <swatson@imap4all.com>
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[Thinkpad] Re: Transfer IBM preload from hard drive

Thanks for the tip, which sounded so good I called IBM right away. As
always seems to be the case, they weren't able to help. Not allowed to
release the CDs under agreement with Microsoft. Would only consider it if
the automated recovery (ie hitting the Access IBM button) failed.
Mentioned difficulty of upgrading HD - no problem - so long as you buy the
drive from IBM UK under some upgrade scheme. Not an option for me &
suspect their price wouldn't be that competitive.

Having tried and failed with IBM, do you think the Ghost/Partition plan
would work?

Not sure where you're based but I get the feeling that IBM in other parts
of the world - especially the UK - have much better service.

Best wishes

Simon

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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 11:27:14 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: [Thinkpad] Re: Transfer IBM preload from hard drive
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> Message: 11
> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:17:10 +0100
> From: "Simon Watson" <swatson@imap4all.com>
> Subject: [Thinkpad] Transfer IBM preload from hard drive
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> Hi Everyone
>
> I bought a T41 a few months ago. It came with a 40GB HD with Windows XP
> pre-loaded in a partition called 'IBM PRELOAD'. I immediately installed
a
> 60GB HDD and installed a fresh copy of Windows XP which I bought a while
> ago.
>
> I kept the original 40GB HD and have mounted it in an enclosure with a
> view
> to using it for downloading video from a camcorder prior to editing. I
> think I'll need the whole 40GB so may need to clear out the disk.
However
> I
> don't want to lose a licensed copy on XP Pro, which I may reinstall if I
> sell the computer one day.
>
> Q:- How would people go about storing the data on IBM preload? I was
> thinking about creating a partition for it within the 40GB disk then
> creating a copy of the partition using Norton Ghost. I have DVD burner
> and
> should be able to save it there.
>
> Thought/advice gratefully received.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Simon
>

A: What I did was call support and say, hey I'd like to free up the extra
space but don't want to lose the backup, and they sent me a handful of CDs
which I received maybe 2 days later.
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