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<div>Information on getting Recovery CDs from IBM.<br />
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The information on this page is unofficial. It is gathered from personal experiences. It is here to raise your chances of success when you give it a try yourself.<br />
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==About Recovery CDs==<br />
Recovery CDs enable you to reproduce the original software state on your ThinkPad. Until the beginning of 2001 IBM delivered recovery CDs with the ThinkPads, but starting with the A30/T23/X22 models ThinkPads have a [[PreDesktop Area]], which's purpose is to make Recovery CDs obsolete. There are, however, reasons why you might still want to have them, and for the time being they are available on request.<br />
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Recovery CDs are localized, meaning that there are specific versions for each language. The language you will get depends on the language of the OS that was shipped with your ThinkPad. There's usually no way to get CDs in a different language from IBM.<br />
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==How to get them==<br />
===Creating Recovery CDs from the preinstalled O/S===<br />
IBM supplies a utility to create the recovery CDs. You'll find a utility call "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 and one or more Product recovey discs. (2 DVDRs should suffice for the entire set)<br />
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===From IBM===<br />
Should you fail to create a set of recovery discs before your harddrive fails, you may try to contact IBM service and request for a set. This can be done by eMail or phone.<br />
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If you actually get them or not, seems to be more a personal decision of the service person dealing with you than following fixed rules. Also it seems to depend on your country (see below).<br />
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They will usually expect you to tell them a good reason for your request (see below).<br />
As with every service request, you'll also have to provide your model and serial number to verify the warranty state. You can be almost certain not to get the CDs after your warranty has expired. The model number is also used to determine which CDs you will get.<br />
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Orders placed during the first month after purchase have proven to be the most successful. They will usually ship you the CDs for free. Note some people needed to pay a $45.00 fee for the CDs regardless of when ordering them. Again, this seems to depend on the mood of the service rep that handles your case.<br />
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====Good reasons to tell====<br />
*You replaced (or will be replacing) your hard drive.<br />
*You installed Linux or some other OS and accidentally removed/destroyed the [[PreDesktop Area]].<br />
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====What happens then====<br />
Once it's decided that you get the CDs, they usually get shipped very fast. Times from 16h to 3 days have been reported, 3 days being the time to expect. The shipping can even happen without prior confirmation of your request, so don't be worried if you hear nothing within this time.<br />
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A Dutch IBM customer reported next-day delivery of recovery CDs, on three different occassions.<br />
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====Country overview====<br />
Please put an entry for your country into this table if it's missing and you made a try to get the Recovery CDs.<br />
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"<br />
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! style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cfefcf;" | CDs received in<br />
! style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffcfbc;" | CDs were denied in <br />
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*Argentina<br />
*Austria<br />
*Canada<br />
*Denmark<br />
*Finland<br />
*France<br />
*Germany<br />
*Italy<br />
*The Netherlands<br />
*Norway<br />
*Philippines<br />
*Spain<br />
*Sweden<br />
*Switzerland<br />
*UK<br />
*USA<br />
*Turkey<br />
| style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#fff0e0;" |<br />
*Israel but received after calling IBM Europe<br />
*Australia, payment was requested<br />
*India, just a plain "not possible"<br />
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=== ThinkPad X41 ===<br />
This pages gives an overview of all ThinkPad X41 related topics.<br />
==== Features ====<br />
* [[Intel Pentium M (Dothan)]] 1.5GHz LV CPU<br />
* [[Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900]]<br />
** 12.1" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution<br />
* 256 or 512MB memory standard<br />
* 40 or 60GB SATA HDD<br />
* [[AD1981B]] AC'97 Audio controller<br />
* Broadcom 10/100/1000 Ethernet controller<br />
* CDC slot with one of the following:<br />
** [[IBM Integrated 56K Modem (MDC-2)]]<br />
** [[IBM Integrated Bluetooth IV with 56K Modem (BMDC-3)]]<br />
* MiniPCI slot with one of the following:<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter]]<br />
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Mini-PCI Adapter]]<br />
* [[Embedded Security Subsystem|IBM Embedded Security Subsystem 2.0]]<br />
* [[Active Protection System|IBM Active Protection System]]<br />
* [[Integrated Fingerprint Reader]] in select models<br />
* SD Card slot with IO support<br />
* Single Type II Cardbus slot<br />
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[[image:ThinkPadX40.jpg|ThinkPad X41]]<br />
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* [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/27r0950.pdf ThinkPad X41 - Hardware Maintenance Manual (March 2005)] (6,099,723 Bytes, '''broken link''')<br />
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