Recovery CDs/DVDs from recovery partition

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Recovery CDs/DVDs from recovery partition.
Is it possible to get those from an old Thinkpad R31?
The "tool" to make recovery CDs/DVDs seems to be missing from the R31 - maybe it was introduced later?

 

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Disappointing.

 

[bruceb]

They can be ordered (no idea of cost)

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-41187.html

If you do have a recovery partition, you may be able to create them .. see link below

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Ordering_Recovery_CDs

Creating Recovery CDs from the preinstalled O/S

In some ThinkPads IBM supplies a utility to create the recovery CDs. You'll find a utility called "Create Recovery Discs" in the "ACCESS IBM" folder of the Start Menu. To create the Recovery discs, you'll need a CD/DVD writer and blank media. The Product Recovery discs set consist of one Rescue and Recovery disc (size of 1 CD-R) and one or more Product recovery discs (size of 1 DVD-R).
Others might want to read the appendix "Creating an image of the hard drive" in this document from IBM for instructions. It is also usefull when replacing the hard disk. If your Thinkpad does not have a floppy drive, you could try to create a FAT partition on the harddisk and copy the files "fwbackup.exe" and "fwrestor.exe" there.

 

[RebateMonger]

Another way is to use imaging software to create disk or partition images. Obviously, like making your own recovery disks, this needs to be done before the original hard disk fails or gets corrupted.