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I think I'm going to pull the trigger on a used intel x25.m ssd. Prices are low enough.

Are there any recommendations on installing it in a t60 and putting xp on it?

Aligining, drivers, ssd toolbox, anything else I should be aware of when I install?

I'm considering installing the original restore discs to keep the Active IBM support button working. Typically, even with an 80gb hard drive I don't have many files on this computer.

fefrie wrote:I think I'm going to pull the trigger on a used intel x25.m ssd. Prices are low enough.

Fair enough.

Are there any recommendations on installing it in a t60 and putting xp on it?

One: don't do it.

Aligining, drivers, ssd toolbox, anything else I should be aware of when I install?

I'm considering installing the original restore discs to keep the Active IBM support button working. Typically, even with an 80gb hard drive I don't have many files on this computer.

Well, XP from the recovery disks won't be aligned anywhere near properly...so you'll have to play with GParted a bit...

What I'm trying to say here:

a) Support for XP ends in a year

b) T60 - and I mean any T60 - is perfectly capable of running W7...

I'd recommend Win 7 but XP is doable. Just a little more work. Recently got a T60p myself, mainly for the screen, and Win 7 runs great on it. I've maxed out the RAM and added a SSD.

Cigarguy wrote:Recently got a T60p myself, mainly for the screen, and Win 7 runs great on it. I've maxed out the RAM and added a SSD.

I see that the ThinkPad addiction is starting to kick in, Cigarguy...

ajkula66 wrote:you'll have to play with GParted a bit.

A Windows Vista or 7 installation disc will properly align the partition too. One can download the Windows 7 disc here.

ZaZ wrote: A Windows Vista or 7 installation disc will properly align the partition too. One can download the Windows 7 disc here.

You can't use that method when you're installing XP from recovery media.

ajkula66 wrote:
I see that the ThinkPad addiction is starting to kick in, Cigarguy...

It's brutal, 9 Thinkpads and counting. Really cutting into my cigar budget.

Cigarguy wrote: It's brutal, 9 Thinkpads and counting. Really cutting into my cigar budget.

Hey I've got a few more, really nice ones...help you kick that nasty cigar habit...

(coming from a cigarette smoker of three decades plus... )

If it is the same as with Intel's 330 it is straight on (perhaps you can not use AHCI before all T60 drivers are installed). No need to bother with any tweaks other than what Intel's toolbox does for you included trim support and Intel also supplies you with an alignment software which is run after XP is installed.

I had good luck building the same thing months back, I tried to make a concise write up in this thread.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=108485

after a month of operation everything seems fine.