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TP 365X,380,385,560E/X,600,760E/ED/EL/ELD/XD/XL,765,770/E/ED - Boot disk for use with the Windows 95 Preload Recovery CD

Applicable to: World-Wide


P/N
tpp95rld

Description
This file is used to replace or update the diskette used with the reload recovery cdrom that ships with machine preloaded with Windows 95 OSR2. This new diskette now includes support for two external PCMCIA CD-Roms.
Supported Models:
ThinkPad 365X, 365XD, 380, 385, 560, 560E, 560X, 600, 760E, 760ED, 760EL, 760ELD, 760XD, 760XL, 765D, 765L, 770, 770E, 770ED

NOTE: The ThinkPad 365X/XD, 560, 760, and 765 Models did NOT ship with a recovery CD.

P/N
tpp95rld

Name & Size (bytes)
tpp95rld.exe : 839220
tpp95rld.txt : 1984

WWW URL(s)
ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/mobiles/tpp95rld.exe

The following disk images can be detached and diskettes created from them.
For more help on handling file attachments click on this doclink

Disk Release Date:

11-05-98

Disk Version/Release:

2.50

Additional Information:

For instructions on creating the diskette, follow this link:

Important:
Please initialize the system prior to recovering their system.
This insures that the IRQ required by the external CD ROM drive is free. If the external CD-ROM drive does not have a free IRQ this will result in a CDR101 error.

To initialize the system do the following:
1. Boot the system holding the 'F1' key.
2. Click the 'Config' icon then Click 'Initialize'.
3. Choose 'OK' and reboot the system.

v2.50 - now includes a 10 second delay to allow the CDROM to spin up before starting the recovery process.

External PCMCIA CD-ROMs Supported:

These CD-ROM drives are currently support by the RECOVERY boot diskette:
1) IBM Portable CD-ROM Drive CD-20X
2) CNF Portable CD-ROM XA Drive 2X

Recovery Boot diskette release information
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Release Diskette Version Release History
Date P/N
2-18-97 4304112 1.00 Initial release. Support for 365X, 760E/ED/EL/ELD
7-09-97 06J0686 1.10 Legacy support. New for 760XD/XL, 560
9-08-97 05L2115 1.20 Legacy support. New for 765D/L, 560E
10-01-97 05L2146 2.00 Legacy support. New for 770, 560X
1-21-98 10L9616 2.10 Legacy support. New for 380XD, 385XD
2-23-98 10L9613 2.40 Legacy support. New for 770E/ED,600, 380XD
5-12-98 24L7889 2.50 Legacy support. Maintenance release, modified CD startup
delay to 10sec. to resolve CDR101 initial CD-ROM drive
startup errors, updated internal CD-ROM driver to v3.11


Legacy support = support provided for previous ThinkPads

Search Keywords

CD-ROM, Windows 95

Disk Category

CD-ROM Drives, Installation/Removal Procedures, Windows 95

Date Created

23-10-97

Last Updated

20-01-99

Revision Date

20-01-2000

Brand

IBM ThinkPad

Product Family

ThinkPad 380, ThinkPad 380D, ThinkPad 380E, ThinkPad 380ED, ThinkPad 380XD, ThinkPad 385D, ThinkPad 385E, ThinkPad 385ED, ThinkPad 385XD, ThinkPad 560E, ThinkPad 560X, ThinkPad 600, ThinkPad 760XD, ThinkPad 760XL, ThinkPad 765L, ThinkPad 765D, ThinkPad 770, ThinkPad 770E/ED

Machine Type

2635, 2640, 2645, 2646, 9546, 9547, 9548, 9549

Model

Various

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