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XP PRO WENT ON MY OLD 600E THIS MORNING AFTER BIOS UPDATE. SEEMS TO RUN GREAT! QUESTION IS WHAT IF ANY DRIVERS DO I NEED TO INSTALL??? THE PROBLEM THAT I RAN INTO RIGHT AWAY WAS WHEN I PULLED OUT THE CD/ROM DRIVE AND SWAPPED IN THE FLOPPY I HAVE, THE THING STARTED BEEPING AT ME NON-STOP BEEP BEEP BEEP-----BEEP BEEP BEEP........AND SO ON. WILL NOT STOP NOW UNLESS I REMOVE THE DRIVE ALL TOGETHER... HELP PLEASE!

IBM THINKPAD 600E 2645-55U

Personally, I would start with the Software Installer, which will give you the option of installing a ton of IBM programs:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... m03wwx.exe

This will also include the EasyEject Utility, which will make swapping drives so much easier. Alternatively, you can use XP's "Safely Remove Hardware" feature in the system tray.