[ltp] IBM Access button

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Petrigi MARCU wrote:
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> I have a R50e with Ubuntu on the entire hd too. I didn't burned the
> restore cds before deleting my backup partition. I called IBM and they
> asked me 60 euros to send the restore cds my mail. Since I'm far to be a
> fan of that operating system which name I won't even mention, I find it
> absurde to pay for something that I all ready own - the license.=20
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> So if  someone on this list could help me an put those cds 'online' on
> some ftp place (I have some).
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> Thanks Petrigi
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> Le lundi 12 d=C3=A9cembre 2005 =C3=A0 14:53 -0500, Tony a =C3=A9crit :
>> I burned the original restore CD's from my X40 when I first got it.  I
>> was concerned about having problems with using an external USB CD
>> burner I put together, but the CD's tested as good after burning them.
>> I installed Ubuntu Linux taking the entire HD.  However later when I
>> tried using the CDs to restore onto a different hard drive it crashes
>> during the process.  I don't intend to use my X40 with windows, so it
>> is not a big deal.  But I would have liked to have had it on a
>> separate hard drive or for eventual resale of my laptop.  I have
>> considered contacting IBM for restore disks but have not done so yet.
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>> On 12/12/05, Paul Michael Reilly <pmr@pajato.com> wrote:
>>         Arnaud Fontaine <arnaud@andesi.org> writes:
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>>         > MIME-Version: 1.0
>>         > Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>>         >
>>         > Hello
>>         >
>>         > I have just bought an IBM T43 laptop. I would like to
>>         install Debian
>>         > GNU/Linux only (so i don't want to keep Windows), should i
>>         keep the=20
>>         > backup partition or could i remove it (to keep more space on
>>         the HD),
>>         > what is the better thing to do ?
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>>         FWIW, I impulsively flushed my A31P hard drive when I bought
>>         the
>>         system a few years back and then installed Fedora Core.  Life
>>         was fine=20
>>         until recently when smartd started reporting bad sectors.  I
>>         called
>>         IBM and learned there is now a $52 charge for recovery
>>         media.  So I
>>         would have been wiser to have made a backup or left the 10G
>>         recovery
>>         partition in place.=20
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>>         > If i make the backup CD using Access IBM button, could i
>>         restore the HD
>>         > from factory HD setting ?
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>>         I believe so, based on what an IBM tech support person told me
>>         yesterday.
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>>         -pmr
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i have lost my restore cds if anyone can help me with copies or online
copies i would be very grateful.

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