Original driver disk for lenovo hardware

calling the support today, i could not believe the lonovo does not have an original driver disk for their hardware they are selling, and i dont mean the recovery cd that has an os on it. every other hardware manufacturer that I know of provides original driver disks; lenovo seems not to care.
for the stuff that I am doing, mostly clinical trials data analysis, i need a machine with highest level of integrity. all hell breaks loose when it later will be discovered that there was a glitch in the software/hardware. the first thing is the bios. what i need is an original cd, and original here means a pressed cd; not a burned cd, not one download over the internet, and no other amateurish solutions. i dont need the os that comes with the recovery cd, since i will be using linux (sled) anyway.
is anyone aware of where one could get such a thing, if at all?
thanks
t61p 2.4ghz c2d, 4gb ram, 100gb 7200 rpm hd, 256mb fx 570m, 3945abg intel, wuxga, suse64 10.3

Hi toby, welcome to the forum,
AFAIK the last T-series ThinkPads to have any cds delivered with them were the T22s, must be about what, six years ago? Since then ThinkPads have always had a recovery partition on the hard drive. It is possible to order recovery cds from Lenovo, or create them yourself, these will install your ThinkPad to factory state.
You can also find all drivers and utilities required for the ThinkPad in one folder, C:\SWTOOLS. Alot of people, (myself included), burn this folder to cds or a dvd. It does not however contain a copy of bios.
I'm afraid I don't believe such a cd exists, unless you create it yourself. (And of course all the latest drivers are available to download).
regards
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