My hard drive died in my R40 laptop .it was out of warranty for about a year 
.. I called IBM sent  about $50 for the 5 CD (for the R40)with XP Pro and all 
Drivers and IBM Programs to make my R40 like new then I added all my 
programs Like Office and Photoshop
I had the IBM CDs in my hands  the NEXT Day I may have pay $3 more for the 
next day .The hard drive in 3 days And I did not by the new hard drive from 
IBM they were $300 t0 $700 . I order a NEW 60gig drive  from Tigerdirect for 
$65 .You can add or not add the Hidden Partition if you like. I Did add it 
and still have the CD if the Hard drive dies .in lest then 2 hour had new 
hard drive in and all Programs up and running.
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Richard Brandstetter
brandstetter.photo@verizon.net
www.weddings-nj.com