in ThinkPad: T400 / T500 and newer T series Laptops https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-T400-T500-and-newer-T-series-Laptops/Lenovo-T400-virus-recovery-and-R-amp-R/m-p/416909 ThinkPad: T400 / T500 and newer T series Laptops topics Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:07:01 +0000 tp01_en <![CDATA[ ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/416909  Pls. i want to restore the EISA partition on my hard disk so that R&R predesktop environment can be fully functional. This is exactly what i need. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

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Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:07:01 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/416909 anuadewuyi
<![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo T400 R&R ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/417093 Are you trying to replace your HDD and keep the partition?

 

Or did you accidentally/previously deleted your recovery partition?

 

Both, you can fix this by using Recovery Disk that you can make, or you can buy one from Lenovo Support.

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Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:32:14 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/417093 amitie92
<![CDATA[ T400 Rescue and Recovery problems ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/417791 Pls. I need urgent expert help on this.
After battling with a virus that seems to have afected the MBR of my Lenovo T400, XP sp3, R&R ver. 4, I was finally

able to boot to the windows partition. The problem now is that the SERVICEV001 partition is no longer recognised as

an EIS ]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:00:06 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/417791 anuadewuyi <![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo T400 R&R ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/417843 NO, my system had a MBR problem. But now, the service partition is still present. But it is no longer EISA configured. It is now FAT32, and shows up in windows. So, the R&R does not recognise the partition, neither is it possible to do a factory restore as a message pops up: "product rec ]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:53:12 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/417843 anuadewuyi <![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo T400 R&R ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/417903 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:40:42 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/417903 lead_org <![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo T400 R&R ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/417937 Corrupted RnR MBR can be fixed with BMGR32.exe (More information about how to use that program --> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/SG247107.html)

 

You can also hide your Service ]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:35:03 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/417937 amitie92 <![CDATA[ Re: T400 Rescue and Recovery problems ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/418087 reply to: "the only real way to fix this, is to use the product recovery media and reinstall the recovery partition and the OS..."

 

I don't have this product recovery media. It didn't come with the system. How can I get it?
And, my system type model no and type is 7434-A ]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:03:15 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/418087 anuadewuyi <![CDATA[ Re: T400 Rescue and Recovery problems ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/418089 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:04:58 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/418089 lead_org <![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo T400 R&R ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/663991 Thanks. But isn't  there a way to just get the R & R environment to recognize the service partition. It was not corrupted, all the files are still there and  i have changed the format to EISA configuration. It is just to get the R & R to recognize it and work with it.

Any useful ans ]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:16:13 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/663991 anuadewuyi <![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo T400 R&R ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/664007 "changed the format to EISA configuration"

 

Do you mean you've changed the parittion ID?  IIRC 12 (hex) is typically used for that partition.  You could spin up a Linux live CD and change it.  Might work...

 

That might not help.  Once th ]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:47:47 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/664007 zoltanthegypsy <![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo T400 R&R ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/664011 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:53:15 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/664011 anuadewuyi <![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo T400 R&R ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/691347


wrote:
Once the MBR has been touched (by using an install CD to run repair, or installing Linux, for instance) the ability to boot the service partition is usually lost....

 

BTW, I've never ]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1300/416909/691347 ScooterCat