Hi there,

I have a ThinkPad R52 with preloaded WXP Pro, but I would like to reboot the system totally, using the start up disk and not through the "restore factory status". As with many PCs, IBM have reserved a partition in the Hard drive for rebooting, but I do not want to use this tool. I have the "system recovery" and ThinkVantage CD and I geuss that it helps me to reinstall the OS and all programs after I have formatted my hard drive.

In short, can I format my PC and reinstall the OS when I do not have WXP Pro CDs?

I can imagine that the question is a little bit difficult, but I explain more if somebody help me.

Thanks

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