thinkpad 600E won't finish install of win xp home

[jsledge]

installed brand new hard drive in my 600E thinkpad and after it install
the files and reboots i get an "A disk read error" I have formatted the
drive. the cpu is 300 mh with 192 meg ram. is the software compatable or
do i need win98 or 2000

HELP!!!!

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "jsledge" <[email protected]>

| installed brand new hard drive in my 600E thinkpad and after it install
| the files and reboots i get an "A disk read error" I have formatted the
| drive. the cpu is 300 mh with 192 meg ram. is the software compatable or
| do i need win98 or 2000
|
| HELP!!!!-- jsledge

I have succesfully installed WinXP Pro on many IBM 600e notebooks. Thie first objective is
to make sure the *latest* IBM 600e BIOS is installed on the notebook.

I have also succesfully installed Win2k on many IBM 600e notebooks. The same thing goes
about updating the BIOS.

 

[jsledge]

From: "jsledge" (e-mail address removed)

| installed brand new hard drive in my 600E thinkpad and after it
install
| the files and reboots i get an "A disk read error" I have formatted
the
| drive. the cpu is 300 mh with 192 meg ram. is the software compatable
or
| do i need win98 or 2000
|
| HELP!!!!-- jsledge

I have succesfully installed WinXP Pro on many IBM 600e notebooks.
Thie first objective is
to make sure the *latest* IBM 600e BIOS is installed on the notebook.

I have also succesfully installed Win2k on many IBM 600e notebooks.
The same thing goes
about updating the BIOS.

--
Dave


That's great...I still have no way to get my Hdd running. I need dos or
windows installed to install a new bios...So my original question still
stands.., IS win xp not compatable on this machine?

 

[David H. Lipman]

No you don't. When you download the BIOS you can choose to download the version of BIOS
that will create a bootable floppy. It does all the work.

Your question does NOT still stand. I told you I have successfully installed WinXP on
numerous ThinkPad 600e notebooks. It is possible -- Period !

 

[jsledge]

From: "jsledge" (e-mail address removed)


That's great...I still have no way to get my Hdd running. I need do
or windows
installed to install a new bios...So my original question stil
stands.., IS win xp not
compatable on this machine?-- jsledge

No you don't. When you download the BIOS you can choose to downloa
the version of BIOS
that will create a bootable floppy. It does all the work.

Your question does NOT still stand. I told you I have successfull
installed WinXP on
numerous ThinkPad 600e notebooks. It is possible -- Period !

I don't have a floppy...now what

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "jsledge" <[email protected]>

|
| I don't have a floppy...now what?-- jsledge

And you couldn't state that before ?

From a created floppy disk, create a bootable CDROM. The floppy drive on an IBM 600E is
kinda IIBM proprietary so I suggest you get one. A USB floppy drive may work in its place
but I suggest updating the notebook BIOS firsta dn there is no guarantee it will work
comparable to the IBM floppy drive.