Re: I reinstalled - now what?

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> said:

Another OS installed itself over XP Pro.

You mean you installed another OS?

I did an XP Pro IBM T42 Factory Content reinstall - 8 CDs.

Ah - sort of...
What OS came with the IBM T42?

Now every time it reboots it runs the same recovery setup that's
on Disk 1, except it's obviously on the system itself now (yes, I
pulled the last recovery CD out) - time after time after time.

Hmmm.. That sucks - but most 'recovery/restoration' methods do... The
clean install from an actual OS CD is really the way to go.

I thought I had posted in reply to this, but I don't see it here. The
hard drive was zeroed out and, as I posted, I did a Factory Content
"recovery" - which is a complete 8 CD reinstallation.

I called IBM and learned that what they didn't put in the instructions
is that you have to run the whole thing twice. You run it once off the
set of CD's taking about an hour, then it pops up again from off the
hard drive and you have to tell it to do exactly the same Factory
Content "recovery" a second time. It takes less time working from the
hard drive, obviously, but I'm now up and running - altho the actual IBM
installation is much different from the one that came on it when I
bought the laptop. And MS tells me I have over 70 updates to do.

Thanks

Jim L

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