I am trying to help a friend back-migrate from Win7 to WinXP to regain compatibility with essential application programs and because the version of Win7 on her used (previously owned) Thinkpad T60 has turned out to be an evaluation copy of Win7 soon to expire. A hidden (we assume, the factory restore) partition (100MB) still exists and Windows thinks it holds 38MB of content, but examining the partition shows only six 1KB files, i. e., the contents have been wiped. She wasn't able to buy the recovery disks from Lenovo because the model-type with serial number tag was peeled off the bottom of the laptop case although the Windows label with XP product key is still there. When we asked the seller what was the model-type and serial number and what happened to the label, he just said "it should be there," which of course does not answer the question.
Questions: Does the T60 store the serial number in some manner besides the bottom label? For example, is it in the BIOS (wasn't this the implication of the T41p HMD disketter thread) or is it on the motherboard? What is the easiest way to recover the model-type and serial numbers besides opening the case? When she connected to Lenovo, its online system could not detect her machine type. Failing determination of the model-type and serial numbers and buying recovery CDs from Lenovo, can anyone help us acquire the needed recovery disks. If we cannot find this information or acquire workable recovery disks, then we will just have to rebuild the system manually by installing XP, the drivers, and ThinkVantage--a tedious process. We would be grateful for any suggestions or offers. maxdanger _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
