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    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Renee, Jul 17, 2011.

  1. Renee

    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    My 32 bit inspiron has died leaving me without a 32 bit system for testing. So I bought a new copy of XP (SP3) and it says it can't find the disk on my T61p. The disk runs Windows 7 fine.

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    Are you using ACHI?
     
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    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    Oh do I have to change controller or turn off ACHI for the installation?

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    "Are you using ACHI?"

    Great minds and even defective ones think similaly at times. I bet I am, how do I bring up the bios?

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    I brought the bios up. Now I cant find AHCI....

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    Press F1 when the ThinkPad logo shows up on startup then switch to compatibility mode somewhere in the Config section (SATA). Though if you have a slipstreamed XP disc with the Intel RST drivers you don't have to do this.
     
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    I found the disks section and set it to compatibility mode and am now rebooting.

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    Renee, Jul 17, 2011
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