Cannot create product recovery media (T500 w/ Vista Bus. Pro x32)

[jskang]

An interesting situation. I have a T500 (2082-5xu) that was purchased with an XP downgrade installed. It also came with a set of Vista Business recovery discs as well. I recently wiped out my XP install and installed from the provided Lenovo Vista installation discs. I am attempting to go through the "Create Product Recovery Media" utility to create a(nother) set of recovery discs but when I get to the point where I'm supposed to select the recordable drive, the drop down list is blank. So, I can't progress past this point.

Does anyone know if this is intentional (since I installed from a set of Lenovo-provided discs) or if there's a problem with this particular application ("C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Factory Recovery\recovburncd.exe")?

I am able to run the "Create Recovery Media" utility without problems.

I tried a search but didn't find anything obvious in the results.

[jskang]

Actually, it looks like I'm having the same problem with the "Create Recovery Media" utility, too.

[Herik]

Hi,

try to reinicialize your recordable media in following way:

- go to Device Manager

- right click on the recordable media->Uninstall

- confirm the uninstallation

* reboot the machine <this will trigger the system to reinicialize this drive and after the system starts up, it will automatically install the driver>

- after the system starts, go to device manager, just to check, if the drive is detected

- try to start the program again

I have seen this situation multiple times before, and in mist situations, this worked, so please let me know if it make any change for  you.

Cheers

[jskang]

Thanks for the suggestion. I will give it a try when I have a chance to restart my computer.

[Herik]

Hi,

ok, cool. let me know, if you have any udpate.

Cheers

[kbnikto]

I'm having same problem with S20, Windows 7. Tried to uninstall DVD drive. It re-installs on boot up. Still no devices in the drop down box in Create Recovery Media.

[Herik]

Hi,

try to make a reinstall of the RnR and the Product update program.

Just go to Add/Remove programs and do a reinstall. (Don't upgrade for now, just do an upgrade)

I'm a bit surprised, as this worked by all the previous posts. However, this might be some configurations problem.

Let me know, if the reinstall will work.

Cheers

[kbnikto]

Only option from Programs and Features (Win 7) was to uninstall. I ininstalled RnR. I again deleted DVD burner. I uninstalled ThinkVantage. Reinstalled RnR, and ThinkVantage. On bootup, OS found and reinstalled DVD. Still no device choice when trying to create factory recovery disks. Any suggestions?

Steve

[Herik]

Dammmm...

That is strange. Have you tried to dissable Antivir?

I'm a bit out of ideas.

If anyone experienced this one and find some other fix, then I did, please post it here.

Cheers

[kbnikto]

I found a way around it. I hooked up an IDE DVD burner using a Bytecc USB to IDE/SATA adapter. That drive was recognized by the RnR software and I was able to create the Factory Recovery Disks. Thanks for the help.

Steve