The latter is getting rare these days and if the > program can be run say from a memory stick then it would be much more > convenient. On Fri, 08:25:23 +0800, Bernard Chan wrote: > Hello David, thanks for pointing out how to get this file for the benefit > for those of us that are less well-informed, what are the things that the > maintenance diskette can do? > The other thing that I cannot understand, is why this program has to be run > from a floppy drive. I'm now hoping it can become the basis of a more generally useful self-booting USB for stuff like Ultimate Boot CD etc. After I fiddled a bit with David's link I found version 1.78 at: and you will be thrilled to learn that it includes both the diskette creator and also a program to make a self-booting USB drive that works fine. It may vary depending on your machine.īernard, Around the time floppies went out of style (I guess Apple 'led' the way on that move) IBM added USB booting to their BIOSs and every certified old fogies (blush) got one of these. An explanation of how to obtain and how to use the CE Utility Diskette and the Hardware Maintenance Diskette for IBM ThinkPad. You will need to input the Model Type and SN together, with '1S' at the beginning. I can't remember now, but it's pretty straightforward once you are at this step. You will see a blue screen with some descriptions of the tool. You might need to hit 'F12' to open the boot options to choose it.
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