Resetting IBM Think Pad to factory settings

[Ghosty1]

Can anyone tell me how to reset my IBM Think Pad laptop to factory settings? It is partitioned with Windows XP and Windows 2000 Professional! I have no type of cd!

 

[pinaplex]

hopefully you haven't deleted the recovery partition. if the laptop has a blue "think vantage" button, you should press that during bootup. if the recovery partition is still there, you will be able to access a linux-based recovery OS.