Re: Upgrade a thinkpad hdd

I called IBM, where I was informed that Win 2000 is no longer made and
therefore there are no more cd's available. They would be glad to ship if
they could; but they can't.

The suggestion was to make 2 partitions on the new hdd and clone the
hidden partition. However no guarantee this would work.



On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:25:14 +0000, SBC User wrote:

> Call IBM and register your product. Consider and extended warranty. Ask
> for the recovery disks.
>
> Backup and recovery software is good. But a clean install, especially on a
> new unit is always best. And do your backups at least weekly, and to an
> external HD, CD or DVD.
>
> "abc" <abc@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:JUQgf.127868$S4.6990@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>I purchased a refurbished Thinkpad from a dealer, with a hdd that is a bit
>> to small for my needs. Now I would like to install a large capacity drive,
>> the problem is the Thinkpad came with Win2000 preinstalled, a recovery
>> partition and no installation CD.
>>
>> How can I copy the contents of one drive?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Al



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