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    Convert model spesific recovery-CD to "non model spesific"-recovery - possible?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by zacka, Apr 2, 2008.

  1. zacka

    zacka Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've got the WXPPSP2 recovery-cd set (3 cd's) for a IBM Thinkpad T40. Is it possible to convert the cd's in some way so it will work on all IBM laptop models (who of course got the WXPP-licence label on it)? Say if I remove some model spesific files (drivers etc.)? As long as the license-label is right (same version of Windows and same language) it should be legal, shouldn't it?

    I know of a small program called "WinFuture xp-Iso-Builder" that does the trick on other types of recovery cd's, but the cd's from IBM contains many, small imagefiles and does note have the same filestrucure as OEM/Retail XP cd's. Fujitsu Siemens (and Dell) used to ship their PC's with a Fujitsu Siemens/Dell OS-cd. This kind of cd would've worked with the software mentioned above because they had the i386 catalog on them but IBM (and for example Acer for that matter) has included all the drivers and "bloatware" on their recovery-cd's :(
     
    zacka, Apr 2, 2008
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