Re: [Thinkpad] Disk read error

sounds to me the HDD is failing..
you CAN load XP on the 240 (though i suggest NOT) by
sticking the HDD in the 770, booting to DOS and copying the
CAB files to the HDD to a separate partition..
then loading XP from the HDD..

i suggest W2k on the 240 as it runs much faster and there is
little that XP adds (IMO) to the 240 that W2k does not..

when i did the above, i put the 240 HDD in my A30p, booted
to W2k with an XP CD in the CD drive and copied it that
way..
faster than DOS but with the hardware you have at hand, that
seems to be best..

i tried both XP and W2k in several 240's and IMO (again!) XP
is too slow..

*******************
Cordially,
Bill Morrow
(from NetFinity Server)
web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
bill@thinkpads.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
To: "keith" <keith@bitterbarista.com>; <Thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Disk read error

> As has been stated before, some ThinkPads need to be FDISK
in the actual
> machine.
> What is the problem you had copying the files onto the
hard drive?
> Generally, I have found that if the files do not copy, it
is a memory
> problem in the machine. For some reason XP does this
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "keith" <keith@bitterbarista.com>
> To: <Thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 11:53 AM
> Subject: [Thinkpad] Disk read error
>
>
> > Hey everyone. I have a Thinkpad 240 and a Thinkpad 770
(among
> > others) and I have no external cd-rom. My goal was to
get Windows
> > XP installed on the 240. So, the way I am going about
this is by
> > using the 770 as the cd-rom. I put the 240's hard drive
in the 770
> > and tried to copy the XP cd to the hard drive, but I ran
into
> > numerous problems. As a last resort, I have tried to
install XP
> > while the hard drive is in the 770 and then transfer the
working
> > hard drive into the 240. When I boot the 240 up I get
an error
> > message "A disk read error has occurred, Press
Ctrl+Alt+Del to
> > restart". I did a google search on this error and
everyone says the
> > hard drive is failing, but my hard drive works just fine
in the
> > 770. Does anyone have any ideas about this error? If
not, any
> > thoughts on how I can install XP on the 240?
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> >
> > Keith
> >
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