Thanks for your suggestions. I tried the DOS route but could not find the folder. In Windows Explorer, it is listed under My Computer as a System folder. That could be a mitigating problem. Could not do anything with it in Safe mode.
Also, I discovered that RRU is still installed on the machine (tried to install TVR&R - failed) but I can not find hide nor hair of RRU to launch or uninstall. Not in the Add/Remove Program listing. Search turns up nada. Perplexing problem. Will give Unlocker a try. I might add, I removed the hidden Services partition, having been told that is where the files in this folder are stored. That freed up 10GB of sorely needed HD space, but did not delete the files or the folder. Seems most of the Access IBM stuff is out of date, or not accessible. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Thinkpad Digest, Vol 73, Issue 19 Send Thinkpad mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Thinkpad digest..." Today's Topics: 1. IBM Rapid Restore Ultra (Roger Sears) 2. Re: IBM Rapid Restore Ultra (Ronny Wisor) 3. (fwd) Re: IBM Rapid Restore Ultra (Anthony R. Gold) 4. Re: Seeking to buy a Thinkpad (Stuart Friedman) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:14:40 -0700 From: "Roger Sears" <[email protected]> Subject: [Thinkpad] IBM Rapid Restore Ultra To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <007f01ca5282$bdf4e5d0$4001a...@master> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The IBM Rapid Restore Ultra utility somehow got removed from my wife's T41, but 2 backup files that it created are still on there. Seems the only way to get rid of those humongous files is to reinstall RR and use it to delete them. Problem is, I don't know what version of RR was installed on this T41 2373-IFU. All I can find on the Lenovo site is the current version of ThinkVantage's RR, which replaced IBM RRU. Does anyone know what that version Of IBM RRU was and from where I could download a copy? Alternatively, does anyone know of another way to delete these files and the 'Single File Restore folder that contains them? ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:44:52 +0200 From: "Ronny Wisor" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] IBM Rapid Restore Ultra To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAALM5fe+OlaBIo5iPsM5awgzCgAAAEAAAACgX4dDoydVBnCYjqk5+ [email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Roger, try this: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ it should work. :-) The IBM Rapid Restore Ultra utility somehow got removed from my wife's T41, but 2 backup files that it created are still on there. Seems the only way to get rid of those humongous files is to reinstall RR and use it to delete them. Problem is, I don't know what version of RR was installed on this T41 2373-IFU. All I can find on the Lenovo site is the current version of ThinkVantage's RR, which replaced IBM RRU. Does anyone know what that version Of IBM RRU was and from where I could download a copy? Alternatively, does anyone know of another way to delete these files and the 'Single File Restore folder that contains them? _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:05:27 +0100 From: "Anthony R. Gold" <[email protected]> Subject: [Thinkpad] (fwd) Re: IBM Rapid Restore Ultra To: "Thinkpad Mailing List" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:44:52 +0200, "Ronny Wisor" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Roger, > > try this: > > http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ > > it should work. :-) > > > The IBM Rapid Restore Ultra utility somehow got removed from my wife's > T41, but 2 backup files that it created are still on there. Seems the > only way to get rid of those humongous files is to reinstall RR and > use it to delete them. Problem is, I don't know what version of RR > was installed on this T41 2373-IFU. All I can find on the Lenovo site > is the current version of ThinkVantage's RR, which replaced IBM RRU. > > Does anyone know what that version Of IBM RRU was and from where I > could download a copy? > > Alternatively, does anyone know of another way to delete these files > and the 'Single File Restore folder that contains them? I would try to boot into Safe Mode or to a Command Prompt to delete them. Tony ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:07:11 -0700 From: "Stuart Friedman" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Seeking to buy a Thinkpad To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <c73cc159965e45d196b761f329c57...@ibm13a495ccace> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" And when my T43 was recently sent in for a repair (new LCD cover, the latches had pooped out) my former IBM logoed lid was replaced with a "Updated" ThinkPad logoed lid, no tri-color at all!! BTW, Lenovo did a top notch job on repair, from the time of my call to the time I received it back less than 96 hours elapsed!! Stuart Friedman Montpelier, VT ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad End of Thinkpad Digest, Vol 73, Issue 19 **************************************** _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
