IBm thinkpad T20 ?

z400 · 03-03-2007, 01:46 AM

Hey,

anyone have any idea on how to restore an IBM thinkpad T 20?

perferably to the date in which is was bought? i want to clear it out.

bought the computer off of ebay or something a long time ago. computer has sat for 3 hours.
didnt come with any software,

any ideas?

thanks

z400 · 03-04-2007, 12:24 AM

any thoughts?

macnoob · 03-04-2007, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by z400

any thoughts?

uh yeah, define restore whats wrong with it?

Reignofgold · 03-04-2007, 01:48 AM

So you want to format and start again?

crazeefuker · 03-07-2007, 12:26 AM

if your ibm doesn't have an F11 restore function then try searching ibm for the restore cd's part number and use the part number to search ebay for cheap restore cd replacements. Else try searching a P2P network for your laptop model and download the cd set from there.

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z400 Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 71	any thoughts?

03-07-2007, 12:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
crazeefuker New Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2	if your ibm doesn't have an F11 restore function then try searching ibm for the restore cd's part number and use the part number to search ebay for cheap restore cd replacements. Else try searching a P2P network for your laptop model and download the cd set from there.