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On Sat, 16 May 1998 09:49:26 -0500, shelby@netten.net wrote: >Greetings, > >Thank you Paul for your reponse. I purchased my IBM TP760ED second hand, >no manuals, no disks, but it is a great machine. > No problem. >It has 48 meg of Ram, removable-interchangeable CD Rom drive with floppy >drive. That's a nice configuration. > >I registered it on the IBM site and received the stat sheet that it >originally had a 1.2 Gig hard drive. I have no idea when it was originally >purchased or if it is still in warranty. > Check with IBM. It might have a few months left on it. >It has a 750 meg hard drive and I am trying to conserve space until I can >find out the particulars of purchasing a 2nd hard drive (? don't know if >this is possible? machine-wise?) > Yeah, should be. Since 750MB is EIDE, you should be able to add one that's several gigs with no problem. I'm not sure about 3 GB or higher, but therorectically it should be possible. >With space conservation in mind, I note the following programs and wonder >if any of them can be safely deleted. In other words what is their function? > See below. > >Olicom Probably a network card. >DVP >Factory Probably factory diagnostics. >IBMPCI Maybe a PCI configuration utility. >IPFWIN (subdirectory 760e-USs1.inf) need to know how to read file, >possibly convert to Word or ???) (opening file in WPad just gives computer >language codes/squares, etc.) This needs IPFWIN.EXE. I have the 16 bit version so you can view OS/2 *.inf files. Also, would you be able to possibly send the file along (it is the 760 Online Owner's Manual) to my email address? >Reachout >Welcome This tells about your preinstalled software I think when you power on your computer after taking it out of the box. Or it tells about using your ThinkPad ergonomically. >WIMAGE >WNETFIN- Netfinity Ver 3.06 > System information utility. >I have a ThinkPad Information file that contains Thinkpad User's guide, but >receive a message "need disk." > >I have a desktop PC, and just want to use laptop when I travel, so I don't >need programs/software that I will never use. > What OS came on the machine? >These questions are probably so elementary that the response would probably >bore 99% of your readers, so feel free to reply to my e-mail address. > So would I fall into the 1% that likes answering these questions? :*) -- Paul Khoury | <pkhoury@loop.com> | Sent from my ThinkPad 701CS Check out the ThinkPad Assistant 24/7 @ http://warped.cswnet.com/~pkhoury/index.html Proudly running OS/2 Warp 3/4 and Sun Solaris 2.4