Upgrade of T22 BIOS

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lostinspace · #1 Post by **lostinspace** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:20 am

Bought a used T22 and entire OS has been removed. Was going to install Windows XP but could not complete as it was looking for an "asms" file. Was told by someone that I needed to upgrade the BIOS to latest version that supports XP. Current version is dated 2001.

If this is the correct fix which I attempted but the notebook is without floppy drive. Used Nero to create a bootable CD with the downloaded upgrade file from IBM. Ran it from CD but it asks for a B: drive for the files to be extracted. I only have the A: drive with less than 50K space but the upgrade file is greater than 500K.

Anyone able to help with this?

acz · #2 Post by **acz** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:56 am

I think you can buy, for under $30, an external USB floppy disk drive that would work as an A: drive. They are usually just plug and play.

lostinspace · #3 Post by **lostinspace** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:45 am

Thanks acz. Was hoping not to buy equipment just for this and no guarantees that it will work. Will consider your suggestion if no other options available.

Anyone installed Win XP successfully on a T22 with BIOS dated 2001?

Thanks!

Zeitgeist · #4 Post by **Zeitgeist** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:22 am

try virtual floppy drive, sugo's post in

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=

Nolonemo · #5 Post by **Nolonemo** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:21 am

acz wrote:I think you can buy, for under $30, an external USB floppy disk drive that would work as an A: drive. They are usually just plug and play.

I'm not sure the T22 will boot from a USB floppy. I know for sure it won't boot from a USB flash key drive.

Website · #6 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:10 pm

FWIW, I have a spare internal floppy drive (FRU 05k9207) that I bought 2 for two T20s, but didn't need. (laptops ended up coming with the floppys)

Anyway, its my understanding that this will work in the T22 as well.

You can have it for $10 including shipping.

PM me for details if interested.

lostinspace · #7 Post by **lostinspace** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:13 am

Thanks for your notes. Have been trying but no progress. Tried directions from microsoft support but did not work either.

HELP!

Created bootable CD with Nero and had the dos command files but still no go.

Nolonemo · #8 Post by **Nolonemo** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:08 pm

I'd say just get the floppy for $10 from the other poster, hard to beat the price and who knows when you'll need a floppy drive.

On the other hand, try including the DOS ASSIGN command in your boot CD, and try assigning B: to the CD drive after you've booted. I don't know if this will work or not, you would have problems if (1) DOS needed to access a command file on the CD or (2) the bios update program
checks to see if the drive is actually a floppy drive.

Or here's another idea: partition your hard drive. After you boot from the CD, copy the bios update files to the second partition, assign drive letter B: to it.

I have no idea if any of these will work, just throwing out ideas. As I said, I think your best bet is just to get one of the floppy drives offered.

acz · #9 Post by **acz** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:59 am

In my opinion, $10 is an excellent investment to get your machine working the way you want, and it will undoubtedly come in handy again someday.

lostinspace · #10 Post by **lostinspace** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:11 am

Thanks for suggestions. Will try them out when I am back.

Appreciate If anyone else have other suggestions.

cheers

MadeInJapan · #11 Post by **MadeInJapan** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:55 pm

Buy the floppy and be done with it.

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