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X60 UK15UGE - Problems with Windows?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:21 pm
by damike
Hi!
I got some basic questions about the new X60 UK15UGE. I heard that its a very hard job to install a completely new Windows XP on that device because the installer doesn't detect the chipset and SATA hard disc.
Can anybody give me some informations about that?
Thanks
regards
PS: does GE from UK15UGE mean german keyboard layout?
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:08 am
by damike
Has nobody installed a new windows on a X60 with sata?
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:00 am
by thibouille27
Go to Bios est put the disk controller from AHCI to Compatibility mode and it should be OK.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:27 am
by damike
Yes - that what i heard. But this is quite tricky because after installing Windows you have to install the SATA device - and thats quite complicated.
Buying a floppy drive would be also ok - does windows detect USB floppy drives during the installation?
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:41 am
by thibouille27
Well no, in compatibility mode, Windows only see a standard PATA device. No SATA at all.
And yes Win does detect USB floppies as long as the bios supports it which is the case of my X60.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:07 am
by torgo
damike wrote:Yes - that what i heard. But this is quite tricky because after installing Windows you have to install the SATA device - and thats quite complicated.
Shouldn't be that bad. Using this method you don't have to try and install the SATA drivers during the Windows install program. You only install them after Windows is installed:
1) Put BIOS in compatibility mode.
2) Install Windows like you normally would as if you didn't have a SATA drive.
3) After Windows is installed, now install SATA drivers from Lenovo's website.
4) Put BIOS back in AHCI mode. The SATA drivers should load automatically when you boot back up to Windows.
and you're done.