Thanks George and apologies for the very late reply. I had to scoot off to the west coast for some urgent work.

I was able to install XP from an original DVD and download the drivers off Lenovo's site, so I've got it covered.

Thanks once again.

Is it possible to use the recovery disks generated from a 14" T43p in older but similar 14" T41s or T42s? Or if I remove the HDD from the T43p, will it work in the T41s/T42s?

Now Sold.

Thanks Johan and sorry about that. Its my first sale on the Marketplace.

I'll accept USD 95 for the whole laptop + shipping(dependent)

or

(All costs + shipping)
14" Screen $25- screen spotless
MB - $30
RAM (2GB, 1+1) - $20
CD Tray - $10

I've decided to part with my fully functional 14" T43p 2668-GEU laptop. Willing to sell it as a whole or in parts. The outer body itself is not in great shape, so is the battery(20mins) but everything else works like a charm. It works well with XP, not so quick with Win 7 and since XP is dead, I'm n...

You could buy a cheap USB based external CD/DVD ROM drive off ebay and install XP from there.

Hi, My 2 cents if its of any value. I recently had the classic freeze issue where everything would freeze and the only way out was a hard restart. That being said the cause of my freezing was a faulty RAM module(a Samsung one if I remember correctly) which when removed my laptop did not freeze even ...

Before I could give away my T43p 2668-GEU since it was not working well with the Samsung 840 pro SSD, I took the original HDD (Hitachi 60GB, 7200rpm) and installed Windows 7 32-bit on it and while the performance of normal usage(booting, word, browser, shutdown) is acceptable, viewing youtube videos...

After a lot of thought, I've decided to say goodbye to the T43p and give it off to an older relative who wants to use it for his daily dose of minesweeper and solitaire. I plan to remove the SSD and put back the HDD before handing it over. The SSD now heads for the T400. So Thanks to all for the hel...

Johan/All, I downloaded and ran Sysinternals/Microsoft "Process Explorer" and "AutoRuns for Windows" and did not find any program hogging the memory. So I decided to d/l CrystalDiskMark and here is the result. Im not an expert in deciphering these numbers so any input would help. https://www.dropbox...

Oh boy!!!

Do you think my mobo is toast?

Ok, so good and bad news. Good news: I followed process 1 and the whole installation went smoothly till after the end. The system continued to do 33 updates on restart but then rolled back automatically. But after rebooting once, the updates were successfully installed after about 4-5 restarts. Bad ...

That's because the internal bay has a PATA interface and the SSD is SATA.

Thanks George and khipata. I'll report back early next week after I try over the weekend. Fingers crossed. Hopefully all goes well.

Which HDD-SSD process should I follow? Plus do you think there are any flaws in either of these process or any potential issues I may come across. Project: Upgrading T43p 2668-GEU from HDD to SSD, XP to Win7. Laptop has 2GB ram, maxed out. SSD: Samsung 840 pro, 128GB Win 7 source: Retail Win 7 Profe...

Thanks for all your help and replies but Samsung 840 pro already on the way. In any case I'm thinking a bit ahead so when its time to have a 840 Pro, I'll already have it in hand.

Cheers!!!

Not sure if ure problem got solved but when i came across this issue I zeroed in on the windows installer. That was the problem for me. Once I installed the installer I was able to get all the necessary updates.

Thanks George,

Then I guess from the reading I've done in the past couple of hours, I think I'll go in for the Samsung 840 pro.

Cheers!!

I'm just trying to find the simplest 128gb SSD with least tweaking. Although I have done re-installs on my previous HDDs with XP from a DVD, after much reading I find a lot of tweaking would be necessary. I don't have any data to be transferred (data backed up), so everything will be fresh from scra...

No particular reason. I would appreciate if you have a recommendation for an alternate 128GB SSD. My budget is around $100.

On my T60p 2007-WUK, I'm planning to finally upgrade to Win 7 Ultimate with a 120Gb Kingston SSD. On Kingston's site I get these 3 options. Not sure which I will NEED to buy. Any suggestions? 120GB HyperX 3K SSD SATA 3 2.5 Upgrade Bundle Kit Part Number: SH103S3B/120G Specs: Bundle Kit,H100 Series,S...

Thanks Bjorn, Should have mentioned this earlier but the T43p is the one that gets around the house. I have a T400 and T60p as my primary ones so no its not that important. I don't have the time for any modifications so just wanted to get a plain and simple solution. Looks like I'll just buy that tr...

On a related note. Not worrying about spectacular performance, if I buy this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208893&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&PageSize=10&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfo will I be able to install WinXP from my 5+1 set ...

Thanks George. My current HDD is very very slow to respond to even basic functions like opening word or plain simple browsing and this is AFTER I freshly re-installed the OS from the recovery CDs. Point is I don't want to use HDDs anymore given the availibility of SSDs. When you say garbage are they...

I would like to do a 'swap and replace' type operation with least additional 'technical' work on my T43p-2668-GEU from my current HDD to an SSD. I do have my 5+1 recovery CDs. I run Win XP Pro. I know that I need a 2.5" drive. Where I get lost is whether to go in for a SATA or PATA. I tried reading ...

Price aside, this one's a touchdown.

Will go in for this.

Thanks all for the help once again.

Thanks Ray...this one's a nice choice too. Will most probably go in for this as no cutting required.

However Thanks again RBS.

Thanks RBS. This really helps.

Thanks EasyMac.

So anyone knows if there exists one for a T43/p?

Thanks

Hi All, I would like to use an L shaped power adapter on my T43p(where the power pin enters the laptop) and was wondering if I could get your opinion if this particular adapter would work? Thanks in advance for your suggestion. http://www.batteryking.nl/products/laders/lader-laptop-notebook/lenovo/c...