Belarc advisor was the first method we tried. It shows SYSTEM MODEL Lenovo ThinkPad T60 Enclosure type: Notebook
MAIN CIRCUIT BOARD Board: Lenovo Bus clock 167 MHz BIOS Lenovo 79ETD2WW (2.12) 04/12/2007 This is not surprising since entering BIOS config shows blanks for both system unit serial and system board serial numbers. Thanks for your suggestion. maxdanger On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Jack Wingard <[email protected]> wrote: > try belarc advisor > > JW > > On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 15:22 -0600, max danger wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
