thinkpad R40 freebsd preperation questions...

[Dan Pelleg]

Jev <jev at ecad.org> writes:

> One not so tech question (and, a XP question at that!! :), From what I have
> read on this and other lists, Thinkpads don't ship with a re-installation
> disk for XP, they have the "Recovery Partition" instead. It is my
> understanding that If I request the re-installation disk from IBM within the
> first 30 days I will get it free. Has anyone had success with getting their
> reinstall CDs with out extra charge from IBM?
> 

No problem whatsoever. You call them, give the model and S/N, and they
AirEx it to you. Also, I think it's more than 30 days - I'm pretty sure I
called later than that.

But note they come with a big warning that they'll wipe out your disk
before doing anything else. My understanding is that if you want to recover
just the XP partition, your only choice is genuine XP discs.

Last thing: while repartitioning, consider allocating a partition for the
hibernation memory-dump area. Usually there are tools on the IBM site that
will mark the partition for the BIOS to see and use it.

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  Dan Pelleg