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Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> probably said:
> i have a brand new t40p, purchased with winxp.  i called support
> about the getting the winxp cd-roms.  they said no problem.  we
> talked a bit and i made clear i needed winxp installs, not
> something that would wipe my disk drive, i.e., the standard
> recovery.  i got a four disk set and they all seem to be part of a
> full wipe-your-drive recovery set.

That's the only type of CDs I've ever received with or for a laptop.

> the problem is i need to pick some dlls from a winxp distro so a
> winxp guest under vmware3 uses apm not acpi (see vmware hints
> somewhere on the vmware site).
> 
> specifically, what do i ask ibm support for?  got a part number?

I think you're SOL. ALl the IBM install CDs for laptops I've seen have
been recovery CDs that will install over whatever is currently there.

P.

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pir