Re: [Hampshire] IBM X41 recovery CDs

At 11:49 04/12/2008, you wrote:
>Dean Earley wrote:
> > Does anyone here have a set of IBM X41 recovery CDs that I could use?
> > I've recently had a hard disk die, taking its recovery partition with
> > it... :)
> >
> > Failing that, is there any known way to reset the supervisor password?
>
>According to this [1] the SVP is stored in eeprom not on disk, and it
>can be decoded if the voodoo's right.
>
>Could someone unfuddle me please about Lenovo's description of the user
>and master HD passwords? I'd like to get an X40 if I can find one but I
>don't feel entirely confident about how to check it out. Better still
>is anyone bringing an X40/X41/X60 to the joint meeting with Surrey on
>13th?


They sell second hand thinkpads at sterlingXS.co.uk

I picked up a x30 which is decent enough.

Martin N