[Thinkpad] Re: Transfer IBM preload from hard drive

You're absolutely right!

Will do this AND make a Ghost image disk - just to be sure.

Many thanks & best wishes

Simon

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From: "Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS)" <rosenr@mail.nih.gov>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Cc: <swatson@imap4all.com>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: Transfer IBM preload from hard drive

> Can't you use the Rescue and Recovery utility to generate the CDs? Then
> when you run those CDs, it builds the disk as it was when delivered.
>
> _____________________
> Robert Rosen
> Chief Information Officer
> National Institute of Arthritis and
> Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
> National Institutes of Health
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:06:32 +0100
>> From: "Simon Watson" <swatson@imap4all.com>
>> Subject: [Thinkpad] Re: Transfer IBM preload from hard drive
>> To: <thinkpad@brenart.net>, <thinkpad@stderr.org>
>> Message-ID: <00b501c583d7$08447a80$0a00a8c0@simonlaptop>
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>> 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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