Best Solution for installing XP on ThinkPad

If ThinkPad is difficult to install the driver, take a look at the following steps and you will find that ThinkPad is not so troublesome! The following is my practice record. I hope it will help you! Take the following steps:

1. Restart the machine. When the ThinkPad icon appears on the machine screen, Press F1 to enter BIOS-> config-> Serial ATA (SATA), change ahci to compatibility, and press F10 to save and exit.

2. Set the first startup of the PC to CD-Rom;

3. format the C drive and start to install XP;

4. Install the thinpad NIC Driver directly after installing XP;

5. Install. NET Framework later than. NET 2.0 after installing XP, because system update requires. NET Framework support;

6. Go to the Lenovo official website and download the system update automatic update driver.Program;

7. After installation, it is found that XP is pirated and cannot use system update or the Internet is always prompted that it cannot be used. The solution is as follows:

Write the VB script in notepad and save it as vbs.
On Error resume next
Dim vol_prod_key
If wscript. Arguments. Count <1 then
Vol_prod_key = inputbox ("this program will automatically replace the serial number of your current Windows instance, and verify the full version through Microsoft. "& Vbcr &" serial number (the default version is XP vlk): "," Windows XP serial number from

"," MRX3F-47B9T-2487J-KWKMF-RPWBY ")
If vol_prod_key = "" then
Wscript. Quit
End if
Else
Vol_prod_key = wscript. Arguments. Item (0)
End if
Vol_prod_key = Replace (vol_prod_key, "-", "") 'remove hyphens if any
For each OBJ in GetObject ("winmgmts: {impersonationlevel = impersonate}"). instancesof ("win32_windowsproductactivation ")
Result = obj. setproductkey (vol_prod_key)
If err = 0 then
Wscript. Echo "OK! Congratulations! Verification Successful! "
End if
If err <> 0 then
Failed to replace wscript. Echo! The input CD-key does not match the current version. "
Err. Clear
End if
Next

Double-click to run the created. vbs program.

8. use system update to automatically update the driver. After the update, three unknown drivers are found to be not installed and the PC has no sound. This is because the XP version is low, this type of problem may not occur in the SP3 version;

9. Install the kb888111 patch and reinstall the sound card and modem driver. You can download it from the Lenovo official website.

10. After the installation is complete, I find that there is an unknown high definition audio device. Why is there another driver not installed? Get bored. Continue and look at it;

11. Download the graphics card driver of Lenovo's corresponding machine model, reinstall the driver, restart the machine, and solve the problem;

12. After Entering bios and changing to ahci, the blue screen solution is as follows:

[Note: The system SATA hard drive cannot be installed. The solution for changing compatibility in Bois settings to ahci blue screen is as follows:

1) download the xp nic Driver and double-click it to decompress it according to the default path.

2) go to the "my computer" Device Manager, find "Ide ATA/atapi controller", double-click to expand, right-click Intel (R ),,,,,,, 2 content at the beginning

Find properties-> drivers-> Update drivers-> install from the list or specified location-> do not search, I want to select the installed version,

Find "Install from disk", a dialog box will be displayed, click "Browse", find the folder you just extracted, the default is c: \ drivers \ win \ imsm, and select "iastor. INF, then select "Intel (r) ICH9M-E/M SATA

Ahci controller ".

Do not select iaahci. INF. If you select iaahci, a blue screen is displayed.

The start of two Intel (R), and in the device manager must be changed sequentially. Note that there are two devices.

Then reboot into F1 and change back to ahci, after the installation is successful, the Device Manager shows the Intel (r) ICH9M-E/m sata ahci controller]

13. Do not forget to back up after installing the system. Otherwise, the system will be re-installed once a problem occurs!

OK, I'm done!