[ale] thinkpad recovery

[Geoffrey]

Talked to Lenovo support and they now say the security chip in the 
laptop is bad.  I was able to set the security chip to 'disabled' in the 
bios and then do a successful restore.  No security chip, but the box is 
at least now usable.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin