Thanks for these suggestions. I will try them out as soon as I can get to the T60 again. maxdanger
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Aryeh Goretsky (home) <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > Try opening an elevated Command Prompt (e.g., Run as Administrator) > and issuing the following commands: > > wmic.exe baseboard get product > wmic.exe bios get name,serialnumber,version > wmic.exe csproduct get vendor,name,identifyingnumber > > The first command should return the motherboard brand and model. > > The second command should return the BIOS version information, > serial and version. > > The last command should return the system serial number, product > name and manufacturer. > > I am actually away from my ThinkPad T61p right now, but these do > work on my desktop computer. > > I suspect the 100MB partition is for Microsoft BitLocker disk > encryption and does not contain any system recovery information. > > Regards, > > Aryeh Goretsky > > > At 04:44 PM 2/28/2010, you wrote: > >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:22:13 -0600 >> >> From: max danger <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Thinkpad] T60 serial number and recovery disks >> To: Thinkpad Mailing List <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> >> 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
