Dump the XP that you installed from all over! Get a proper Lenovo XP recovery set for the T60, or rather: scrounge up a working W7 COA and install W7. But ONLY after you wiped the first 5% or so of your hard disk with DBAN. Have you tested that HD elsewhere? OMG - seriously? a) Would Windows 7 work...

And now my T60 keeps seizing up completely after I boot it and do nothing.

Any suggestions?

J

Btw how do I get my (blue) ThinkVantage button working?

Thanks

J

OK I have re-installed the UltraNav driver. I cant find a driver for the keyboard though...

Hi My keyboard and mouse keep freezing on my T60 Background: I have just completely re-installed Windows XP from scratch. I (eventually) managed to get System Update and Windows Update to run. But during the process I had to manually install various drivers from lenovo.com. I got a message about Syn...

Bad news. I ran the full Windows Repair thing and I still cant run Windows Update. :^( Any suggestions? EDIT: Eventually I managed to install Lenovo's System Update. I also (eventually) got it to run. BUT still Windows Update is failing to run. And I cant install MSIE 8 either. EDIT02: OK I finally ...

The good news is that I have managed to download a LAN driver so I am now on Broadband - [thanks for that! :^) ] When I try to use Windows Update it goes: " The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to view. The options provided below might help you solve the p...

[Wow this is painful stuff indeed]
OK something is badly wrong it wont even allow me to upgrade Framework 1.1 from a file I downloaded.
And I still cant get Windows Update to run.

Any suggestions?

Thanks - that looks promising. I have managed to go on-line using a very slow dongle. My next problem is that Window Update is failing. And it looks like Thinkvantage System Update needs "Framework .NET version 3.5" but when I tried following the link I couldnt get Framework .NET 3.5 to install... I...

Yikes how do I get on-line? OK I have installed Windows XP (off an old EOM disk for another computer) but now I cant get on-line! On the Control Panel under Device Manager it looks like I need several drivers (for my Thinkpad T60) including: - BCM2045B - Ethernet Controller - Network Controller - PC...

OK I hit F1 during boot up to get into BIOS and changed "Serial ATA (SATA)" "Serial Controller Mode Option:" from "AHCI" to "Compatibility". Fwiw, no, "IDE" was not an option.
Let's see how far I get now.

Why are these things so [censored] hard?

Many thanks.

J

Hi My old T60 appears to have a virus. I want to re-format the C: drive and do a full factory reset. The problem is that files appear to be missing and the reset fails. (Sorry the previous thread became messy so I'm starting again!) Here is my laptop's spec is: Lenovo TS ThinkPad T60 Machine type-mo...

The PC can read the CD but it refuses to boot from it. It reads the CD for a while and then boots of the C: drive Did you burn a data CD or ISO? It must be done in ISO mode to be bootable. I'm not sure now. Windows 7 seemed to do it for me. How do I burn in ISO mode in Win 7 - do I need a special a...

I tried dowloading and burning a new Windows XP CD and booting off my CD drive, but that doesnt work What happened? Any error in installation process (bad CD?) or it doesn't accept key from COA sticker? The PC can read the CD but it refuses to boot from it. It reads the CD for a while and then boot...

Regarding "Recovery CD set" - is that something I would have to pay for? (I have effectively a zero budget for this!) What about Windows 7? Given that even Windows 7 is now pretty long in the tooth, is there any way to get Win 7 for free (very nearly free?) legitimately? AND how would I actually ins...

Hi My old T60 appears to have a virus. I want to take no changes and re-format the disk. Here is my spec: Lenovo TS ThinkPad T60 Machine type-model: 2007-F4G Mf part number: UT0F4UK Processor: Intel Core Duo processor T2400, 1.8GHZ RAM: 3GB Date of purchase: 9/Aug/2006 No Windows CD came with the PC...