Help I have a 240 with 2 partitaion

[janey6152]

C drive and D drive with D having win XP. All was working fine. Till i messed up.. :{:{:{


I was trying to copy the files from C drive to another Thinkpad 240 HD i have. and Accidently formated the c drive thinking it was the other HD. How do i install the drivers , back on to it ??
Or should i erase / format the whole thing and start from sratch.

I have 2 Thinkpad 240 , which i love... and what i was trying to do was clone it onto the other..
I do have a floppy drive.

Can some one please tell me how to got my precious 240 back up and running .:}:}

thanks

Janet

[tim S]

If you don't have a PCMCIA CD then then you'll have to attach the hard drive to another computer and copy Windows 98(SE) and Windows XP CDs onto it. You need both Windows versions because XP won't install from DOS but 98 will.
There are HD adapters available on eBay if you don't have one.
While you're at it, copy all the necesary drivers from IMBM/Lenovo Driver Matrix web page. Put the drive back into the 240, boot up with a WIN 98 boot disk in the floppy. Install Windows 98 as basically as possible, then install XP.
This hassle is the reason the 240 series never took off like it should, I ended up with an X40 (and dock) which is only 1/2" bigger, lighter, way more powerful and has none of these problems.
Good luck
Tim S

[janey6152]

Would any PCMCIA CD Rom work, I went to ebay and saw several.

Also can u be more specific on which drives i need from IMBM/Lenovo Driver Matrix

i do have the hd adapater usb to pc. Thats how i was trying to copy files. and then messed up..

[virge]

First off, this is in the wrong section of the forum. Hopefully one of the mods will move it to where it belongs.

Since you have a USB/HDD adapter and a floppy, you should be able to get an operating system back on the 240.

1. Connect your 240 hard drive to the USB adapter on another computer. Copy the contents of the Windows XP CD onto the drive. Put it in a folder named WinXP or something similar that's easy to remember.

2. Make a Win98 Boot floppy boot disk with your PC running Win98.

3. Put the HDD back in the 240, plug in floppy with boot disk. Power on.

4. From the Dos prompt, navigate to the i386 folder within WinXP folder you made earlier. Run the winnt.exe file to start intalling XP.

5. Make sure you choose the right partition to put it on.

[janey6152]

where can i find win 98 boot disk ?

[galactus]

where can i find win 98 boot disk ?

Hello, go to bootdisk.com and you´ll find it there!

[janey6152]

i tried that and i cant get it to open or extract.
I'm using a usb floppy which is giving me a letter "B" . on my pc i have no "A" drive but yet its listed as if i have one..

SO when i try to extract it says error no floppy in drive

[virge]

Some questions

1. What kind of operating system is on your operational computer with the floppy?

2. What drives are available and how are they connected?

[janey6152]

im using
1. win xp.
2. http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g47/j ... 2-10PM.jpg


i'm gonna try it on my main laptop. and see if i can make a boot disk .

[janey6152]

Ok i made a boot disk , and when i tried to install winxp .
on the A: prompt how do i get to the winxp folder ???
in it i have a setup.exe

Thanks all for helping.

One day i'll get up and running .. :}:}:
i forgot all about dos commands..



PS Do i need to upgrade the Bios ?? How do i read what version Bios i have ???

[janey6152]

BUMP

can anyone help ???
Me step by step ... Please....

[virge]

Have you copied the copied the contents of your XP CD onto the new hard drive using your USB adapter?

1. Boot up your 240 using the floppy you made. At the a: prompt, type "C:" and navigate to the folder where you put the XP files. E.g. type "cd WinXP" if your folder is named WinXP
2. From the c:\WinXP prompt type "cd i386"
3. Type winnt.exe

Winnt.exe will start the XP installation.

edit: Don't type the quotes.

[janey6152]

oh what about Bios..

How do i read which one i have ?

i pressed F1 but where is the version i have ?? where do i find that?

[janey6152]

YES.... Thank you everyone for helping . It took all nite for Win XP to install..

Ok Now how do i get USB, PCMCIA to work ??/ What else do i have to do ???


Again Thanks



janet

[tim S]

I think the USB and PCMCIA should load with XP. You'll have to get online to download other drivers from the IBM/Lenovo site (and update to XP SP3). Or take out the hard drive again and download whatever drivers you need through another computer etc, etc.
Now you see why the X40 is starting to look real good!
Tim S

[virge]

As tim s said, the USB and PCMCIA drivers should be installed with XP. You'll want to go to your Control Panel and under System check out what hardware needs drivers. Drivers can be found at: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 2DLNW.html

You can transfer drivers to your 240 by using your USB/HDD adapter. If you have a USB flash drive, that would be real convenient.

[janey6152]

OK Thank you all... I'm so Glad to have my BABY back.....:}:}:}

[virge]

Congrats!