How to re-create the recovery partition of a Thinkpad?

Juan I. Cahis

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Jun 18, 2003, 2:21:52 PM6/18/03

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Dear friends:

How to re-create the recovery partition of a Thinkpad, the one that
you can access pressing F11 at boot time?

I upgraded my hard drive, I have all the contents of the one of my
previous hard disk saved in a CD, but I don't know how to do in order
that I can boot from it pressing F11 at boot time again.

Any hint?

Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Email: jic...@attglobal.net
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

JHEM

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Jun 18, 2003, 7:25:59 PM6/18/03

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Juan I. Cahis <jic...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> How to re-create the recovery partition of a Thinkpad, the one that
> you can access pressing F11 at boot time?
>
> I upgraded my hard drive, I have all the contents of the one of my
> previous hard disk saved in a CD, but I don't know how to do in order
> that I can boot from it pressing F11 at boot time again.
>
> Any hint?

What MODEL Thinkpad Juan?

Regards,

James

Juan I. Cahis

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Jun 19, 2003, 3:56:29 PM6/19/03

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An A31p. But my problem is not what to put inside the recovery
partition, because I backup-ed it, but how to create it in a way that
it is recognized pressing F11 at boot time.

I tried creating an additional hidden primary FAT partition at the end
of the disk, and several variants of it, without any success.

Any hint?

"JHEM" <James@ESAD_SPAMMERS.thinkpads.com> wrote:

Thanks

Jim C in Texas

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Jun 19, 2003, 4:21:10 PM6/19/03

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For my T30, I had to run a program from the IBM website. It created a
bootable floppy that had to be used to restore the F11 function. Only
problem - I don't recall the location of the program on IBM's website.

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Liz

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Jun 19, 2003, 6:34:54 PM6/19/03

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Hope this helps. To recover the F11 prompt, go to
"Creating and using the Recovery Repair diskette"
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-4VFUDU

JHEM

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Jun 19, 2003, 8:04:15 PM6/19/03

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Juan,

Juan I. Cahis <jic...@attglobal.net> wrote:

> An A31p. But my problem is not what to put inside the recovery
> partition, because I backup-ed it, but how to create it in a way that
> it is recognized pressing F11 at boot time.

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-4VFUDU#CreateRepairDis
kette

Get the RRDISK.BAT file from your backed up CD under the C:\IBMTOOLS folder.
Follow the instructions for recovering the partition.

Using the Recovery Repair diskette
Shut down the operating system and turn off the computer.
Insert the Recovery Repair diskette into diskette drive A.
Turn on the computer and follow the instructions on the screen.
Note: If the repair operation finishes without error, the F11 prompt will
appear the next time you restart your computer.

Regards,

James

skygodtj

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Jun 21, 2003, 4:28:40 PM6/21/03

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Hi Jim,

Aside from loading OEM partitions from Recovery CD's(and being stuck with
multiple 2GB, FAT16 partitions), and even having the programs(Lotus, etc) from
the Personalization CD's, is there any real advantage to using them? I know how
much better laptops work just having the IBM logo on the Windows System
page(NOT!) and since drivers are on hand already for the 600's and 770's I have,
do you recommend using Recovery CD's? Do you use them for OS installs, or just
go with what you have on hand?

teege

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JHEM

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Jun 21, 2003, 4:43:44 PM6/21/03

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Teege,

skygodtj <skyg...@cableaz.com> wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> Aside from loading OEM partitions from Recovery CD's(and being stuck
> with multiple 2GB, FAT16 partitions), and even having the
> programs(Lotus, etc) from the Personalization CD's, is there any real
> advantage to using them? I know how much better laptops work just
> having the IBM logo on the Windows System page(NOT!) and since
> drivers are on hand already for the 600's and 770's I have, do you
> recommend using Recovery CD's? Do you use them for OS installs, or
> just go with what you have on hand?

I have to admit that on the older systems that are capable of booting from
the CD (600, 770, 390, etc.), I just grab whatever W98 or W2K retail or NFR
CD is handy and go from there. I then add the downloaded updates which I've
normally burned to a CD. This allows me to setup the partitions and FAT the
way I want at the start.

The newer T series with the original W2K or XP pre-load are not hampered
with the FAT limitations and will happily load on a FAT32 HD. With these, I
tend to grab the recovery CD first and then update with the latest and
greatest from IBM. If necessary, I then use PM7 to fine-tune the partitions.

By using the recovery CD I know that I'm at least _starting_ with a stable
load and it's easy to recover (no pun intended) from my mistakes.

Regards,

James