[mdlug] T61 Thinkpad Recovery Partition

[Peter Bart]

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:35:40 -0500
"Michael Rudas" <audiotech50 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Feb 11, 2008 7:38 AM, Peter Bart wrote:
> 
> >>  Have you tried to re-write the MBR (bootblock)?
> >> With MBRWiz, you can do so even if the drive is hooked up
> >> externally on another PC, or "fdisk /mbr" will do it from a MS-DOS
> >> 6/Win98/WinME boot floppy -- you can get those from
> >> http://www.bootdisk.com
> 
> > Don't think because I didn't say anything I've ignored that, just
> > the opposite!  That does look most promising. I've been working on
> > that option.
> 
> I didn't mean to sound like I was berating you... My thought was that
> you could pop out the drive (I think it's relatively easy on that
> model) and use an external USB drive interface to hang it off another
> PC and clobber it that way...

Mike,
	It wasn't taken that way :) Yes the hard drives do still come
out very easily. Thanks to Gary for kicking me down that road w/another
box. I have no way to connect it then though. I do have a Nokia 770
that can connect via usb among other ways. My thought was to bring up
the T61 via live cd, connect the 770 w/MBRWhiz on it and whale away.
First I need to get w/Lenovo to find what I'm missing in the bios,
learn the correct syntax for the MBRWhiz using it that way. Neither
computer has anything on it that can't be easily replaced. But......
since it's snapped so cold the work calls are flooding in and those pay
the bills. I'm also prepping for my master plumber's exam in March, my
girlfriend doesn't know me anymore and the dog's started barking at me.
<sigh>

-- 
Peter The Plumber sm on the Road
State Licensed Plumber