mammaries vertical XP, redo from start

[julesjones]

I pulled the plug this morning. Used the IBM Recovery system, which reinstalls WinXP Pro. It appears to be sane so far, but I need to sit down and re-install software, move files back on etc. At which point I'll discover whether it is now condescending to read CDs, which was the tipping point last night on declaring that this is a dead installation, it is no more. When the thing is burning CDs perfectly well, but refuses to read any CD, there is something wrong past the point of it beinf worth trying to track down what is on its tiny silicon mind.

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[twisting-path.livejournal.com]

I have had to do the exact same thing Am just now getting my Thinkpad up and running correctly. What do you have? It is frustrating!

Does it read the CD's?

C

[julesjones]

Thinkpad T43, and having reinstalled WinXP using the lovely, lovely IBM Access Recovery system, the CD drive was still flaky. So I physically dismounted and remounted the CD drive, and it seems to be behaving now. The rest of the weirdness was fixed by the reformat and reinstall on the OS. I'm still in the process of reloading my software and data - word processor is next, and then I can get back to the WIP. There's more software after that, but it's not in the "need it now" category.