Re: I reinstalled - now what?

unclepete@xxxxxxx wrote:
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.

If anyone has done this XP Pro reinstallation on a T42, I'd
appreciate knowing how I am supposed to run XP now.

It's not really a re-installation (or even an installation) of any sort. It
is essentially applying an image or (maybe) doing some unattended install -
but it doesn't sound like that from your description.

You are going to have to contact IBM and ask them. They created this
'method' of recovering that particular model (it could be fore more
systems - but in general - such methods are specific to makes/models/types
of computers...)

The number of items IBM has for such a restore is scarey...
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-64677

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