Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 User Manual

InstallingWindowsXPonM58/M58p
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InthisguideweareprovidingyouwithinstructionsformanualWindowsXPinstall(fromCD)and
RemoteInstallServiceinstructionstointegratetheM58/M58pSATAandEthernetdriverforimage
deployment.
‐ManualInstall:
ThissectionwillgiveyoustepbystepinstructionsoninstallingWindowsXPSP2onaLenovo
M58/M58p,itwasdoneusinga7483‐ACUandBIOSversion5CKT34A,withdefaultvalues.
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Beforeyoustartyouwillhavetocreatethemassstoragedriverdiskette,downloadthelatestdriver
packageat
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-70696.html oncethefilesextractedcopy
thefollowingonetoyourformatteddiskette:
‐ iaahci.cat
‐ iaAHCI.inf
‐ iastor.cat
‐ iaStor.inf
‐ iaStor.sys
‐ TXTSETUP.OEM
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MakesureyourM58/M58phaseitheraninternalorUSBfloppydrivesothatyoucanspecifywhich
driverstouse.
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1. BootyourcomputerfromtheW
indowsXPmedia
2. Press“F6”,whenprompted,tospecifyadditionaldevices
*It’spossiblethatWindowsXPwillnotbeabletofindyourcomputertype(HAL)ifyou’re
promptedtoselectonepleasemakesuretochoose“ACPIMultiprocessorPC”
3. Choosethe"Intel(R)ICH10D/DOSATAAHCIController"fromtheli
st,youmighthavetoscroll
upordowntogettothischoice.
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Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 Specifications

General

Internal memory	2 GB
Memory clock speed	1066 MHz
Power supply	280 W
Number of slots	2
Processor cache	2 MB
Processor front side bus	800 MHz
Operating system installed	Windows Vista Business
HDD capacity	250 GB
Product type	PC

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	440 mm
Width	175 mm
Height	402 mm

Summary

Manual Windows XP Installation

Prepare Mass Storage Driver Diskette

Create a diskette with required mass storage drivers for Windows XP setup.

Boot and Specify AHCI Controller Driver

Boot from XP media, press F6, and select the Intel AHCI controller driver.

Complete Installation and Verify Drivers

Finish XP setup and check Device Manager for correct HAL and storage driver installation.

Unattended Windows XP Deployment via RIS

Integrate Intel Ethernet Driver into RIS

Add Intel Ethernet drivers to the RIS image for network deployment.

Integrate Intel Mass Storage Driver into RIS

Add Intel Mass Storage drivers to the RIS image for OS deployment.