From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Mon Nov 05 2001 - 11:31:56 EST
also, be sure the bios is up to date..
the floppy cable is the same (only longer) as used on the TP560..
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Bell" <RobDBell_at_netscape.net>
To: <stith_at_greens.org>
Cc: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: HELP! TP 770 starting from scratch
> Since you have a Win98 installation CD, you should be able to boot from
> that and install the OS. Boot into the BIOS and change the boot order
> to include the CD drive in front of the hard drive, then reboot with the
> Win98 CD in the drive. Should be all there is to it.
>
> HTH,
> Rob
>
> stith_at_greens.org wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Looks like this is the group who could help me. I've just bought a
> > refurbished Thinkpad 770. (Maybe it used to be one of yours!) It
> > arrived with no operating system and no cable to connect the floppy
> > drive.
> >
> > I am not an operating system expert. I know how to type in DOS
> > commands and that's about it. I own Windows 98 on CD-ROM. So
> > how do I install a CD-ROM driver on my Thinkpad so I can install
> > Windows?
> >
> > I can use the floppy drive to boot up with my Windows 98 Startup
> > Disk, but then it searches for a CD-ROM drive, doesn't find one, and
> > thus doesn't install a CD-ROM driver.
> >
> > I've tried using the driver-installation program "UINSTALL" from the
> > IBM Web site, but it generates an error message when it tries to use
> > my hard drive (even though my hard drive seems to have no problem
> > in DOS).
> >
> > Thanks very much for any instructions!
> >
> > == John Stith
> > Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
> >
>
>
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