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Lenovo T500 Win XP fresh install

Here at work we got two new Lenovo T500 laptops. We are trying to install a fresh install of Win XP. The only problem is we keep getting the blue screen. We found that in the BIOS by going to Config - Serial ATA (SATA) - Select Compatibility, this should work but still we get blue screen. Anyone know what else we can do?

thsteph

"We found that in the BIOS by going to Config - Serial ATA (SATA) - Select Compatibility, this should work but still we get blue screen. Anyone know what else we can do? "

Could you rephrase that?

jakers

You put your SATA HDD into compatibility mode? This usually does fix the problem, yes.

Nik

Setting SATA option from AHCI to Compatible should work.
Are you using Windows XP with SP3 integrated medium? According to Lenovo, BSOD happens if you're trying to install the OS with Windows XP CD or Windows XP CD with SP1 integrated.

Anyway, I have T500 laptop too. I'm curious, why XP mate?

lupeleal

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Using Windows XP CD with SP2. That's what we use here at work, plus the laptop comes with a lot of junk we don't need.

thsteph

did you built that cd?

Nik

If you don't need recovery partition from Lenovo. Boot from Vista or Windows 7 DVD and delete all partitions and recreate new partitions for your needs.

After that try to boot with Windows XP SP2 CD.

You can also try to use Windows XP SP3 CD. If you have a technet account, should be easy to download the latest image.

thsteph

try downloading n-lite. build a new cd with sp3 and all drivers and windows updates needed. load that cd and see how it goes.

Nik

You can also use this procedure:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/xpsp3_slipstream.asp

I had only issues with nLite and although I know the author, I just never liked that application :(

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