Recommendations for a new 14.1" T61?

Hi,
I will be getting my new 14" T61 soon, and I was wondering what sort of tests I could do to make sure that it has no issues, i.e. hard drive, logic board, wireless, power management, etc.
Could someone please recommend some tips?
Also, my T61 is coming with Windows XP. Will I get recovery CDs?
Will there be a partition on my hard drive for recovery? Can that be deleted without reinstalling everything?
Thanks so much! Sorry for the many questions.
T61 - X300 - D10

RE: Also, my T61 is coming with Windows XP. Will I get recovery CDs? NO. However, you can make 6 to 10 CDs as backup or buy an external DVD Writer which will take one DVD to make the recovery disk.
Will there be a partition on my hard drive for recovery? Yes, there is one on the harddrive
Can that be deleted without reinstalling everything? Yes, you could delete that however, you will then not be able to use the automatic backup feature that would be so convinient if you have to restore your machine back to the way it was at the last backup instead of to the factory configuration that the recovery DVD/CD will give you.
Message Edited by joeyman9 on 03-19-2008 11:18 AM

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