That specific s/w was loaded on the machine, as well as being available on the Lenovo site as one of the unit's available downloads.
The matrix shows T41 thru 43's as being compatible, though nothing about specific hard drives is mentioned. The hard drive in the machine is original. Is there any other identifier that would let me know if this laptop was designed for the application? Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Henigan To: Matt Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:49 PM Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] laptop for college Matt wrote: > Thanks to all for your suggestions. > > I picked up a decent used T41 & am going to wipe/reload the OS, etc this weekend. > 1.6 Ghz, one gig of ram and a nice clear display. > Battery stayed up 1.5 hours at idle last night, so I might have to look for one eventually. > > Do you recommend I load the hard drive shock absorber software? Hello Matt: I thought the hard drive protection features were built into the drive, i.e., hardware-level functions that were independent of which OS is installed. Is this incorrect? TIA, - Mark Mark Henigan -- > It showed alert pop-ups when the unit was simply sitting on a desktop last night going through testing. > > Though I have a recovery set, I thought it's better to load XP SP3, then add the proper drivers & leave some of the third-ware off. > > All advice welcome. > > Matt > > > Note to D.R. > I checked about the 'clickety-clack' issue; one instructor asked "How quiet?" & I told him "Thinkpad". > Trackpoint & silent mouse clicks. Reply - "That will be nice." > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
