[Nottingham] re:IBM Thinkpad hard drives (OT) (John)

[John]

Jim Moore wrote:
> Lenovo will send you, on request, a restore CD* (which, ironically, you have 
> to run with the new drive mastered in another machine). Once the restore 
> partition is installed on the drive, the notebook will then be able to detect 
> and use the drive.
> 
> *You can also download the service applications from their site at 
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?template=/product.do?template=%2Fproductpage%2Flandingpages%2FproductPageLandingPage.vm&sitestyle=lenovo&brandind=10&familyind=97476&machineind=0&modelind=0&partnumberind=0&subcategoryind=0&doctypeind=9&doccategoryind=0&operatingsystemind=49979&validate=true
> 
> tinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/2ovon8
> 
> HTH
> Jim
thanks for that, looks like the hard drive firmware bootable cd should 
do the trick.