Installing New Western Digital HD + Installing Windows XP

[Mr.Marui]

Hi,

I recently put in a new hard drive, and used my Alienware XP pro cd to install a fresh image.

(I don't have the IBM branded cd because I bought my X31 off ebay)

Upon booting, I inserted my USB key (which has all the IBM drivers on it), and went through each setup wizard for the motherboard, video card, lan card, wireless card, etc...

Then I rebooted as instructed, but to my surprise nothing registered. Going to device manager, I noticed that there were still those yellow question marks by many devices.

I'm completely lost as I'm positive at least some of these drivers work because I've used them in the past to update without issue.

Is there some sort of proprietary issue going on with my Alienware XP professional disc with IBM thinkpad hardware?

Thanks for your help!

MOD EDIT: Duplicate thread, please do not cross post.

[grinder_z20]

I'd better recover the HPA and installed the original Windows with drivers etc. Someone had uploaded the images on an ftp already.

I've had to reinstall everything 4-5 times (including changing the hdd) and just cannot imagine me messing with all those IBM drivers and programs