19.Installdevicedrivers.Todothis,referto“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage97.
Note:IfyouselectAHCIforSerialATA(SATA)intheThinkPadSetupbeforeinstallingIntelRapid
StorageTechnologyDriver,yourcomputerwillnotrespond;itwillonlydisplayabluescreen.
Note:IfyoucannotndtheSupplementles,devicedrivers,andapplicationsoftwareyouneedon
yourharddiskdrive,orifyouwanttoreceiveupdatesandthelatestinformationaboutthem,referto
theThinkPadWebsite,http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers.
Ifyoudonothaveadiskettedrive,youcaninstallIntelRapidStorageTechnologyDriverbythe
followingalternativeprocedure:
1.StarttheThinkPadSetupmenu.
2.SelectCong.
3.SelectSerialATA(SATA).
4.SelectCompatibility.
5.Changethestartupsequenceofyourcomputer.SelectStartupmenu.
6.SelectUEFI/LegacyBoot.
7.SelectLegacyOnlyorBoth.
8.PressF10.
9.CompletetheinstallationofWindowsXPServicePack2byfollowingoperatingsysteminstalling
instructions.
10.InstallWindowsXPServicePack3.YoucaninstalltheWindowsXPServicePack3usingtheWindows
XPServicePack3InstallationCDordownloaditfromeitherMicrosoftDownloadCenterorMicrosoft
WindowsupdateWebsite.
11.VisittheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers.
12.DownloadIntelRapidStorageTechnologyDriverfromtheWebsite.
13.RunIntelRapidStorageTechnologyDriver.Todothis,gotoC:\DRIVERS\WIN\IRST\PREPARE,and
double-clickinstall.cmd.
14.Turnthecomputeroffandthenonagain.
15.StarttheThinkPadSetupmenu.
16.SelectCong.
17.SelectSerialATA(SATA).
18.SelectAHCI.
19.StartWindowsXP.TheWelcometotheFoundNewHardwareWizardappears.
20.SelectNo,notthistime,andthenclickNext.
21.SelectInstallfromalistorspeciclocation(Advanced),andthenclickNext.
22.SelectSearchforthebestdriverintheselocations.ThenselectIncludethislocationinthesearch:,
specifythepath,C:\DRIVERS\WIN\IRST,andclickNext.TheCompletingtheFoundNewHardware
Wizardappears.
23.ClickFinish.
24.WhentheSystemSettingsChangewindowappears,clickY es.Thecomputerrestarts.
25.InstalltheIntelChipsetSupportforWindows2000/XP/Vista/7.Todothis,referto“Installingdevice
drivers”onpage97.
26.Installdevicedrivers.Todothis,referto“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage97.
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