Are 2002 Recovery CDs Still Usable

Will be giving my 2002 Windows XP 1410-S173 Satellite laptop to someone. Would like to clean personal files and information from hard disc before doing this but still keep all programs working. I have 3 recovery CDs that came with it when I bought it. Can these still be used to clean the hard drive or have there been too many updates over the years of use for them to still work. I tried to download and run Disk Wipe to accomplish cleaning my files off the XP computer but it would not run. I am not 100% sure why but think it has something to do with trying to clean the c drive but the c drive has the system files on it so the Disk Wipe software won't work. Not sure that is correct but if it is I don't know what to do about it. Thought perhaps the recovery disks might accomplish the same thing. Thanks for any help or other suggestions. I use IE browser most of the time and Firefox some of the time, if that matters.
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They will still work just fine. You'll just need to install a lot of Windows updates. If you don't have a fast internet connection you might want to go to a local library to see if they have faster connection to download all of the windows updates which will probably be several hundred mb's in size.
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I will install Win XP Prof on my Thinkpad T61p. I will do it with the recovery CDs from Lenovo, but now I heard that this is not the good way to do it.
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My T43 has pre-installed winXP and later I added a Linux system using Sussie Linux installation CD. I am happy with the dual boot as it is always working fine.
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"Based on what has been stated you have effectivly removed all ability to recover back to the factory configuration. You may have also violated your warrenty at the same time. It is not possible to place that partition back."
Absolutely NONE of this is true.
a) You can ALWAYS recover the partition using the restore disks, if the hard disk itself is OK.
b) No one has ever voided the warranty on any IBM or Lenovo unit by wiping the drive, or installing a different operating system. Unless the hard drive itself is the problem, you're not even required to send it in when the machine goes for a repair. Even if you were to send it in with Linux, it would either be left alone, or re-imaged with the OS that the machine originally shipped with, depending on your preferences that are to be stated on the repair sheet.
Lenovo (and IBM before them) couldn't possibly care less what OS you're running - Windows, Linux, DOS or one that you've created yourself. However, if you haven't created a set of recovery media before you started playing around, they'll be more than happy to charge you $45 + S&H + tax for a set of recovery disks for the OS that had originally shipped with your computer.
Hope this clears any misunderstandings.
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There's a number of T43/p units that are still under warranty, I've got two in my house right now. Remember, these machines had the option of a five-year warranty agreement, and the very last ones were built in early 2007, believe it or not...
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Part of the OEM license ( this is when the operating system comes pre-installed with the PC ) only allows one set of Recovery Discs to be created, however you can order a replacement set of these discs using the link below.
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I have T500 with Windows VISTA, but the system cannot start.
When I turn it on, I can see Vista loading progress bar showing up for some time, and then I get the blue screen with this error:
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Could be your hard disk drive is going down:-
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Although the solutions below are pointing that you need an XP CD:-
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Greetings,
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Make sure your CD's are clean... that means free of grease, grim, finger prints and scratches. Not recommended but I find that using an automotive polish or scratch remover (KIT Scratch Out) rated for use on plastic/plexiglass will clear up scratches well.
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