Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E420 - Taking Care of Your Computer

nottrue:Ifyouremovetheharddiskdrivefromacomputerwithadual-coreprocessorandinstallitona
computerwithasingle-coreprocessor,youcannotgetaccesstotheharddiskdrive.
InstallingWindowsXP
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
Note:YourcomputersupportsWindowsXPwithServicePack3.BeforeyouinstalltheWindowsXPService
Pack3,makesureyouinstalltheWindowsXPServicePack2rst.
Note:
TomakesurethatgraphicsworksnormallyonWindowsXP,changetheThinkPadSetupsettingbefore
installingWindowsXP.
1.StarttheThinkPadSetup.
2.SelectCong.
3.SelectDisplay.
4.SelectIntegratedGraphicsforGraphicsDevice.
5.SelectEnableforOSDetectionforSwitchableGraphics.
6.PressF10tosavethechange.
YoumustinstallIntelRapidStorageTechnologyDriverbeforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem.Toinstallit,you
mayneedtoattachadiskettedrivetoyourcomputer.Ifyouhaveadiskettedrive,followtheprocedurebelow.
Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,installIntelRapidStorageTechnologyDriver,asfollows:
Note:BesuretoinstallIntelRapidStorageTechnologyDriverbeforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem.
Otherwiseyourcomputerwillnotrespond;itwillonlydisplayabluescreen.
1.Attachadiskettedrivetoyourcomputer.
2.CopyIntelRapidStorageTechnologyDriverfromC:\SWTOOLS\DRIVERS\IRSTtoadiskette.
3.TomakesurethatSATAAHCIisenabled,starttheThinkPadSetup.
4.SelectCong.
5.SelectSerialATA(SATA).
6.SelectAHCI.
7.Changethestartupsequenceofyourcomputer.FollowingtheinstructionsontheStartupmenuinthe
ThinkPadSetup,settheCD-ROMdrivetostartrst.
8.PressF10.
9.InserttheCDforWindowsXPintegratedwithServicePack2intotheCDorDVDdrive.
10.Toinstallathird-partySCSIdriverrst,pressF6.
11.Whenprompted,selectSforSpecifyAdditionalDevice.
12.Whenprompted,insertthediskettethatyoucreatedinstep2,andpressEnter.
13.Scrollthelistofdrivers.SelectIntelMobileExpressChipsetSATAAHCIController,andpressEnter.
14.Tocontinuetheinstallation,pressEnteragain.Leavethedisketteinthedriveuntilthenextreboot;the
softwaremayneedtobecopiedfromthedisketteagainwhenthelesarecopiedduringsetup.
15.CompletetheinstallationofWindowsXPServicePack2byfollowingOSinstallinginstructions.
16.InstallWindowsXPServicePack3.YoucaninstalltheWindowsXPServicePack3usingtheWindows
XPServicePack3InstallationCDordownloaditfromeitherMicrosoftDownloadCenterorMicrosoft
WindowsupdateWebsite.
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