Text 33998, 61 rader
Skriven 2007-06-26 10:38:10 av August Abolins (1:229/2000)
  Kommentar till text 33978 av JEAN PARROT (1:123/140)
Ärende: Nice used TP.
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"JEAN PARROT -> AUGUST ABOLINS" <1:123/140> wrote..
 AA>> It sticks out about 1/8" to 1/4" from the surface, slightly bent,
 AA>> and it just turns in one spot.  I plan to de-capitate the head
 AA>> someday if I need to open up the case.

 JP>         No, no. Try to pinch the head with a good quality plier and
 JP>     pulling gently at the same time. Slowly ! You might get some
 JP>     "meat" back into some threads this way. Some of these screws in
 JP>     Thinkpads are nylon (???)

I had already tried that early on.  I tried grasping it with pliers and
pulled straight up on it to apply some force and then turn.  No go.   Maybe
I did it wrong.   But I figure that since that screw doesn't seem to be
doing much except maybe holding down the mobo (it's definatley not a
keyboard retaining screw), I could simply snip off the head so that I could
atleast lift off the bottom cover if ever I need to get inside.

The screw is definately metal.


 AA>> I tried using a shaving brush for swiping the keyboard..

 JP>         I think that a vacuum will remove all this crud. Not too close
 JP>     so that you will not undo any key from their snapped position.

Hmmm..  maybe it's time to get one of those silly USB mini-vacuums.


 AA>> Personally, I think the Recovery disks are a waste of time. It's far
 AA>> better to do a backup/clone.  The T40 offers a built-in "backup"
 AA>> feature via the IBM Rapid Restore PC tool.

 JP>         It does but it will loose all that you had on the HD as it
 JP>     goes back to day-one. I know that you also know that TI is the
 JP>     cat's wiskers. I am expecting a HD from eBay any day now and will
 JP>     do a clean XP load without all the IBM stuff and fluff, just to
 JP>     see.

Your G41 probably doesn't have the "old" Rapid Restore PC tool.  RRPC tool
is supposed to create an IMAGE of the existing system, plus incrementals.  A
total of three "sets" of files are produced.  During the initial run, RRPC
creates a "base" image file which consists of the factory installed stuff,
then the 2nd image file is the complete USER environment which includes my
own apps and data.  Then the 3rd image set consists of incrementals for as
long as there is allocated space on the hdd.  RRPC tool also claims to
provide the option to copy the images to CD-R.   RRPC compresses to 50%.
So.. 20gig of data would be 10gig backed up which would be roughly 12 CD's.
RRPC doesn't offer the option to copy to CD's directly.  I have to allocate
space on the current hdd first, do the image backups to that, and THEN
optionally copy to CD.  RRPC claims it can do 1gig in 10 minutes.  It's
current estimate for my set of data is 268 minutes.  Bleah.

I think TI with an external usb hdd is a much better solution.

Once I get a successful backup one day, I plan to eliminate the hidden
factory partition on the TP.  Afterall, what's the point of having that when
a full update image with all current apps and data has been accomplished?
Gaining the extra 5gig on the current hdd would be nice too, I think.

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