[ltp] Re: T41 Recovery CD

[Daniel Pittman]

On 22 Sep 2004, Yip Wai Peng wrote:
> Been running into a bit of issue with getting a recovery CD for my T41. I've
> been trying to get it but first of all I have to fax them all my personal 
> information & invoice, and then they want to make me pay for it (S$40!).
>
> From what I know on the list, some of you have gotten a Recovery CD free from
> IBM, no questions asked. After a couple emails with the guy from IBM, finally 
> he told me that "Please provide the country that send Recovery CD for F.O.C. 
> and i will find out with my country support."
>
> So I would like to ask a favor from you guys. If you have gotten the Recovery
> CD shipped to you free, please tell me your country and your model number. At 
> least I can let them know about their lacking support compared to your 
> countries.

Australia, A31p, model 2653.  I got the CD set from them after getting a
second hard disk from IBM, though, which may have been related.

Also, and on a considerably more dubious note, I know some people have
reported success in getting free copies of the CD set by reporting that
the pre-desktop area has been destroyed.

OTOH, this was in the days before there was a reasonable degree of
hardware protection for that area of the disk...

         Daniel
-- 
Yes, I hate that. You spend all this time trying to explain to people that
they don't *have* to hammer nails into their own heads all the time, only to
discover that they *like* it because it's all they've ever known.
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