That's the exact mistake. For some reason on some ThinkPads an F12 boot
resets the boot order. I have seen it many times.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Herold, Heiko" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:29 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] R: Re: XP Downgrade help please?
Hmm. I booted from DVD with F12 in order to run the RR DVD, the second
stage started from HD.
I'll try that tomorrow and report back (I'm away now).
Thanks
Heiko Herold
IT
ElectronicPartner Italia Srl
Milanofiori Strada 1 Palazzo F10
20090 Assago (MI)
phone: +39-02-575399-12
mobile: +39-335-6170320
fax: +39-02-575399-60
eMail: [email protected]
BB
Sede: Assago
Reg. Imprese 01626550212 CCIAA Milano
Amm. delegato Vincenzo Panza
----- Messaggio originale -----
Da: Bruce Markowitz <[email protected]>
A: Herold, Heiko; [email protected] <[email protected]>
Inviato: Wed Mar 17 18:54:01 2010
Oggetto: Re: [Thinkpad] XP Downgrade help please?
If I am understanding what you are saying, you need to go into the BIOS
and
set the unit to boot from the CD/DVD drive before the hard drive.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Herold, Heiko" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:50 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] XP Downgrade help please?
Hello,
I have some trouble with a downgrade from Windows 7 to XP. This is the
first time I'm doing this, so quite likely I'm doing something wrong.
T500 2082-BPG, Windows 7 Italian. Included media:
Rescue and Recovery DVD 45M5915
Product Recovery Disc Windows XP Professional SP3 1/2 PN 58Y1972
Product Recovery Disc Windows XP Professional SP3 2/2 PN 58Y1899
Both recovery discs state on the label: Type
2801,2808,2809,2815,2823,2824,2825. This model is 2082 (not listed),
which I didn't notice before I started.
I exploded the original Win7 install and created the Software and data
recovery DVD. Then I booted the rescue and recovery DVD, selected full
restore from DVD. The Disc got formatted/cleansed, "no turn off and
restart".
At boot Rescue and recovery started automatically from hard disk, asking
for the recovery media. By selecting CD/DVD it said to insert the LAST
cd/dvd of the set; anyway both the first and the second WinXP DVD are
rejected (it always asks for the last media of the set).
Am I doing something obviously wrong? Should I contact Lenovo for a
correct recovery media set?
Thanks
Heiko Herold
IT
ElectronicPartner Italia Srl
Milanofiori Strada 1 Palazzo F10
20090 Assago (MI)
phone: +39-02-575399-12
mobile: +39-335-6170320
fax: +39-02-575399-60
eMail: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
Sede: Assago
Reg. Imprese 01626550212 CCIAA Milano
Amm. delegato Vincenzo Panza
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