Hmm. I booted from DVD with F12 in order to run the RR DVD, the second stage started from HD. I'll try that tomorrow and report back (I'm away now). Thanks
Heiko Herold IT ElectronicPartner Italia Srl Milanofiori Strada 1 Palazzo F10 20090 Assago (MI) phone: +39-02-575399-12 mobile: +39-335-6170320 fax: +39-02-575399-60 eMail: [email protected] BB Sede: Assago Reg. Imprese 01626550212 CCIAA Milano Amm. delegato Vincenzo Panza ----- Messaggio originale ----- Da: Bruce Markowitz <[email protected]> A: Herold, Heiko; [email protected] <[email protected]> Inviato: Wed Mar 17 18:54:01 2010 Oggetto: Re: [Thinkpad] XP Downgrade help please? If I am understanding what you are saying, you need to go into the BIOS and set the unit to boot from the CD/DVD drive before the hard drive. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herold, Heiko" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:50 PM Subject: [Thinkpad] XP Downgrade help please? > Hello, > > > > I have some trouble with a downgrade from Windows 7 to XP. This is the > first time I'm doing this, so quite likely I'm doing something wrong. > > > > T500 2082-BPG, Windows 7 Italian. Included media: > > Rescue and Recovery DVD 45M5915 > > Product Recovery Disc Windows XP Professional SP3 1/2 PN 58Y1972 > > Product Recovery Disc Windows XP Professional SP3 2/2 PN 58Y1899 > > Both recovery discs state on the label: Type > 2801,2808,2809,2815,2823,2824,2825. This model is 2082 (not listed), > which I didn't notice before I started. > > > > I exploded the original Win7 install and created the Software and data > recovery DVD. Then I booted the rescue and recovery DVD, selected full > restore from DVD. The Disc got formatted/cleansed, "no turn off and > restart". > > At boot Rescue and recovery started automatically from hard disk, asking > for the recovery media. By selecting CD/DVD it said to insert the LAST > cd/dvd of the set; anyway both the first and the second WinXP DVD are > rejected (it always asks for the last media of the set). > > > > Am I doing something obviously wrong? Should I contact Lenovo for a > correct recovery media set? > > Thanks > > > > Heiko Herold > IT > > > > ElectronicPartner Italia Srl > Milanofiori Strada 1 Palazzo F10 > 20090 Assago (MI) > > > > phone: +39-02-575399-12 > mobile: +39-335-6170320 > fax: +39-02-575399-60 > eMail: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > Sede: Assago > Reg. Imprese 01626550212 CCIAA Milano > Amm. delegato Vincenzo Panza > > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
