Re: [Thinkpad] Problems installing Windows XP on thinkpad 600x [5GU]model

Here's a good place to start your troubleshooting:
 
Windows XP Does Not Respond at "Setup Is Starting Windows XP" Message
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310760&Product=winxp

Deanna
dberman@4dv.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sekar B" <sekar_b@hotmail.com>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 17:52 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Problems installing Windows XP on thinkpad 600x [5GU]model

> Hi,
> I recently bought a used Thinkpad 600X which had windows 98 on it.
> I am trying to install Windows XP professional on it with no success.
> Here is what is happening...
>
> I can boot with the win xp pro CD and it copies some files and then
> it says 'Setup is starting windows' [at the blue screen with only 'Windows
> Setup' on the top] and just hangs there.
> I tried doing the same with different hard drives and also booted to DOS
> with the win98 boot CD and ran
> 'WINNT.EXE' from the i386 folder. It copied all the files and said 'MS-DOS'
> part of the setup is complete.
> After the computer restarts, windows XP will configure settings...'
> After I restarted the computer, it copied some files and it went to the same
> message 'setup is starting windows' and
> hangs there.
>
> I already updated the BIOS to 'ITET55WW'.
> Has anyone experienced this problem?
>
> Just to give some more info, I had a win xp hard drive on thinkpad 600 which
> was working fine.
> But when I put the same drive on the 600x, it doesnt start windows. But if I
> put another drive with win 2000 from the 600, the 600x can boot from it.
>
> Thanks for any help.
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Received on Wed Mar 10 22:54:33 2004