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IBM Thinkpad T60 80GB HDD

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by tommy 1 view

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Hello,

My Thinkpad recently had a hard drive failure. So I went online looking for a new one, and i found the 80GB are around the same price as the 60GB. So
I obviously picked the 80. I just got the hard drive today and i am having problems getting Windows XP on it. It recognizes the hard drive but
whenever i try to install windows it tells me "The hard disk drive drivers are not installed." I even reformated the hard drive just for assurance, but it still brings up the same error. Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,
Tommy S.

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by oh smeg

Normally this is achieved by pressing the F6 Key at the very first Blue Screen when it appears and then inserting a Floppy with the SATA Driver copied to it's Root when prompted and then pressing enter.

As you don't have a Floppy here you need to make a Slipstreamed Install Disc and include the SATA Drivers on it. You can either follow the directions here in a TR Article

http://tinyurl.com/6pfqo8

http://tinyurl.com/5q2jsw

Or use a Product like nLite to make your own Slipstreamed Install Disc from a Windows Install Disc

http://tinyurl.com/e2mo4

If you chose to use nLite to make your Slipstreamed Install Disc you need to read the directions for use here

http://tinyurl.com/enzfu

Col

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