I went through this several times...
THE ANSWER IS: Reset only effects the Physical Drive (in my case Drive 0) where the Partitions (1-3) reside.
Furthermore, if one elects to *NOT* delete Partition 1 (C: ), but Format it only for the Reset, Partitions 2 (D: ) and 3 (E:) are left intact...
It gets weirder.
I did the 32-bit T-60 yesterday, using 32-bit 8.1. Recall this was originally done as 64-bit, and on several suggestions went to 32-bit.
However, using 32-bit media, trying to do a Reset fails entirely - you *have* to do a complete install per the usual routine of generic...
KYHI -
Thanks for the response.
1. No, this is not an OEM, nor was the old XP. As a developer, it is my policy to *always* wipe any OEM stuff (including the bloatware), repartition in 3 (depending on the size of the drive).
2. Partition 1 as you can see from the Disk Management screen...
This is a little complicated.
I have a Thinkpad T-60 (4GB) and a T-61p (8GB)
Both machines have SATA drives partitioned in 3 (System, Images, Data)
Originally, both had XP (the T-61p was RAM upgraded to 8 GB before upgrade (remember the $50 early-bird special?)
I upgraded the T60 without...