Reinstalling Windows on a ThinkPad T60

[CES]

All,
I just purchased a T60… when I buy a computer I fdisk the new system and reinstall Windows. The problem is that the Windows XP Pro SP2 Setup disk (this is a slip disk I created when SP2 came out) I use gives me an error message that “Setup did not find any Hard Drives installed on the computer…” when I boot the CD

I thought it might be an issue with the SATA Controller Driver not being loaded but when I boot using a Windows ME Floppy disk, fdisk clearly sees the two current (Non FAT) partitions on the computer.

Any suggestion on what is going on will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. - CES

 

[Nicholas Andrade]

All,
I just purchased a T60… when I buy a computer I fdisk the new system and
reinstall Windows. The problem is that the Windows XP Pro SP2 Setup disk
(this is a slip disk I created when SP2 came out) I use gives me an
error message that “Setup did not find any Hard Drives installed on the
computer…” when I boot the CD

I thought it might be an issue with the SATA Controller Driver not being
loaded but when I boot using a Windows ME Floppy disk, fdisk clearly
sees the two current (Non FAT) partitions on the computer.

Any suggestion on what is going on will be appreciated. Thanks in
advance. - CES

You might try pressing F6 when it says, "Press F6 if you need to install
a third party SCSI or RAID driver," this will also load SATA drivers.

 

[CES]

All,
I just purchased a T60… when I buy a computer I fdisk the new system and
reinstall Windows. The problem is that the Windows XP Pro SP2 Setup disk
(this is a slip disk I created when SP2 came out) I use gives me an
error message that “Setup did not find any Hard Drives installed on the
computer…” when I boot the CD

I thought it might be an issue with the SATA Controller Driver not being
loaded but when I boot using a Windows ME Floppy disk, fdisk clearly
sees the two current (Non FAT) partitions on the computer.

Any suggestion on what is going on will be appreciated. Thanks in
advance. - CES

All,
Found a FAQ... that simplifies the process, you can simulate an ATA drive in the Bio's. You don't have to load the driver until the OS has been installed.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-62909
- CES