Hi, I have a IBM Thinkpad T30, the operating system is installed with Windows Vista. The laptop has some problems during birth and therefore I would like to install Windows XP on the ThinkPad. So I want to partition and install Thinkpad T30 Windows XP Pro on it. Any suggestions / solutions are more than welcome. />


install on the laptop, insert the disk theinstallation Windows operating system and booting from the installation CD. Select a new copy of the installation of Windows and let the whole procedure. Before starting the installation, go back to the necessary data, you must format the disk.

Hey thank you for answering the post. As suggested, I inserted the Windows installation CD into the computer and tried to boot from the installation CD, but the system does not boot from a floppy disk. Instead, he was a boot disk failure error message. Why do I get this error? Is there another method to install Windows XP to Windows Vista laptop? Please help.

The boot disk error message indicating that the installation CD you use is faulty due to which the system is not booting from the hard disk installation. Try to use another installation media to install the operating system and see if the same error occurred. Change the installation CD will solve the problem hopefully.

Have you disabled the SATA native support from the hard drive? If not, then it could be the reason why you boot from the installation CD. In order to boot from the installation CD, you must disable SATA native support or the hard disk. Although the system at the press Start to go F10 BIOS setup and go to the Advanced Peripherals section. save disable SATA native support and the settings. Restart the system and booting from the installation CD.

/> Yes, that was the problem after disabling the native SATA support on the hard disk from the BIOS solved. After disabling the native SATA support, I could install the operating system Windows XP on the computer without problems. The information is very helpful. Thanks in advance.


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