Re: [Thinkpad] how to install XP on T-20

Sounds like a heat problem or maybe a memory problem. Shutting off is not
generally related to a software problem, except in the case of certain
virii.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Wood" <gwood@ipa.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] how to install XP on T-20

> I guess I should clarify that it's not really hanging, it's actually
> just shutting off at this point. I also tried to install Win 2K on the
> new drive and it shut off in the same place. I then reinserted my old
> working drive and tried to install over Win 2k. It did the same thing.
> Then, just to see if it would, I tried to do a clean install of Win 2K
> on the old drive. Same thing. I've upgraded the BIOS to latest rev. I
> remember reading quite a while back on the IBM website something about
> creating a pre-installation environment for XP, but I can't seem to
> find that page now. The Win 2K on the first drive was installed as an
> upgrade to Win98SE.
> Thanks
> Gerald
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> >>I've got a new 20 gig drive for my T-20 and when trying to install XP it
> >>hangs right at the point of the end of setting up and short of the
> >>format screen. I've not done a clean install on a Thinkpad before. What
> >>am I missing?
> >>Thanks
> >>Gerald
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Received on Sun Jul 31 01:10:14 2005