Kodak G4 recovery image needed — PC40 / Lenovo 10AHS00000 (M93p) / Image ID 2DC-26 / S.9 Win7SP1 (have S.3 XPeSP2 to trade)

[Simon Pach]

Hi everyone,

My Kodak Picture Kiosk G4 had a hard drive failure (WD 500GB, physical bad sectors). I cloned ~43GB with ddrescue before it died, but the Windows folder fell in the damaged zone and is unrecoverable, so the system won't boot. I have the kiosk configuration rescued (HopConfig and other data folders), but I need the OS Recovery / System image to reinstall on a new SSD.

System details:

• Lenovo physical code: PC 40 Processor — Service Code 1844
• Hardware: Lenovo ThinkCentre, Model 10AHS00000 (M93p), i5-4670, 8GB RAM
• BIOS: LENOVO FBKT54CUS
• OS: Windows Embedded Standard 7 SP1 64-bit
• Kodak model: KPM G4
• Kodak Image ID: 2DC-26 64bit
• Console: Acorn
• Kodak Image Release Version: S.9 Win7SP1
• Config: -SM -PP

I already tried the recovery DVD I have on hand — "G4 System Software Recovery DVD, Version S.3XPeSP2, PC Model(s) Y13-Y14, PN 3J3089". It boots into PC DOS but stops with "Bad or missing IBMTPCD.SYS / Error in CONFIG.SYS line 21" on my PC40 hardware, so that XP-era image is not compatible with this machine. I need the S.9 Win7SP1 image for PC40.

What I can offer in return: I have several original Kodak G4 discs and I'm happy to image and share any of them — G4 System Software Recovery DVD S.3XPeSP2 (Y13-Y14, PN 3J3089), G4 Application Software V5.2 (CD 1 & 2), G4 User Documentation V5.2 (English & Spanish), G4 Operator Training Software V5.2, G4 Designed Borders V2.0/V2.1, G4 2006 Calendars, and printer firmware/software for 605 / 6800 / 68XX / 70XX. I can also share my partial ddrescue image if useful.

I'm in Argentina. Any help (or a pointer to where to source the PC40 / S.9 Win7SP1 image) would be hugely appreciated. Happy to do this by PM / pCloud links.

Thanks in advance.

[tehkapi]

I'm not sure how much I could help, but my Kiosk was upgraded to a g4xl, it has kpk+ 10, but with Windows 7. I could send a backup of the whole thing and you could see how much that helps you.

I have a spare computer that I can set up with my kiosk that fits the XP era. Would you be willing to share the software you have?

[Kmit]

G4xl and Gxl2 are not compatible.

[tehkapi]

I honestly did not know there was a G4XL2. I do hope someone can help them at least.

Honestly, I'd love to get a G3 with the original blue software to mess around with one day.