update: cloning worked!!
love the x40 with the ssd. its SILENT, cooler, and much faster!
thank you all for the help!

thank you all so much!

i just dropped off the thinkpad again at the shop with your suggestions. hopefully itll work this time

thank you for the response.

i took into a computer shop and they removed my original harddrive and cloned the new one using some external device. Is the cloning process the problem?

hello. i am new to the forum- i actually joined hoping to get some help installing a kingspec ssd in my x40. the ssd has been successfully cloned but the thinkpad will not recognize it. I upgraded bios (2.08) and it lists the ssd but it will not boot from it- just a blank screen after the initial th...