Hello, my introduction

seabee · 02-21-2006, 08:52 AM

I have been a member for a couple of years but wasn't using the forum. I'm in the military and the last couple of years have been a little hectic. Back at work now and I will try to be more active.

By the way, I have an old IBM Thinkpad; bought in 2000, think it is an R version. need to wipe the drive and restart over, can someone pull me in the right direction.

Great at "cracking" but not the hardware software interface stuff.

**leroys1000** · 02-21-2006, 09:08 AM

Hi seabee,
Welcome to the boards.
I believe with the thinkpad,you will need the factory restore
disk to reset it to factory state as they are bios locked to
boot only to the restore cd.
If you don't have the CD,you will need the floppy drive that
connects to that unit so you can boot to a boot floppy.
You can download the files for a boot floppy from www.bootdisk.com.
You can use the floppy and run fdisk to remove and creat a partiton,
and the format command to format the drive.
You will,of course need a windows CD to install windows.

dai · 02-21-2006, 12:02 PM

hi and welcome to the forum,please post your problem in laptops

**Horse** · 02-21-2006, 10:40 PM

Welcome to the family.

02-21-2006, 08:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
seabee Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1 OS: W2K	Hello, my introduction I have been a member for a couple of years but wasn't using the forum. I'm in the military and the last couple of years have been a little hectic. Back at work now and I will try to be more active. By the way, I have an old IBM Thinkpad; bought in 2000, think it is an R version. need to wipe the drive and restart over, can someone pull me in the right direction. Great at "cracking" but not the hardware software interface stuff.

02-21-2006, 09:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
leroys1000 Tech Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 770 OS: Windows XP	Hi seabee, Welcome to the boards. I believe with the thinkpad,you will need the factory restore disk to reset it to factory state as they are bios locked to boot only to the restore cd. If you don't have the CD,you will need the floppy drive that connects to that unit so you can boot to a boot floppy. You can download the files for a boot floppy from www.bootdisk.com. You can use the floppy and run fdisk to remove and creat a partiton, and the format command to format the drive. You will,of course need a windows CD to install windows. __________________ There is a madness to my method.

02-21-2006, 12:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,746 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	hi and welcome to the forum,please post your problem in laptops __________________

02-21-2006, 10:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Horse General Manager (Administrator) Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Durban South Africa Posts: 4,297 OS: WIN XP PRO My System Blog Entries: 1	Welcome to the family. __________________ Know where you're going in life. You may already be there