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XP Home Edition freeze on installation
XP Home Edition freeze on installation
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My first post and hope I'm posing this problem in the right place.
I have an old IBM thinkpad a22m 2628 (256megs RAM, 40 GIG HD) that I am trying to reinstall XP Home Edition. I am having a problem that has me completely baffled. I have formatted completely (FAT32) and tried to reinstall XP. However, whenever it gets to about the 35 minute mark of "installing devices", it completely freezes up. The little active box in lower right is motionless and no activity on the HD. I have formatted and tried to reinstall several times. I have gone into bios and disabled serial and parellel ports, modem. I have disabled everything I could find except keyboard, trackball and display (I have no option to disable USB). Tried to reinstall with just minimal devices. It doesn't work. It freezes at the 35 minute mark of installing devices.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
My first post and hope I'm posing this problem in the right place.
I have an old IBM thinkpad a22m 2628 (256megs RAM, 40 GIG HD) that I am trying to reinstall XP Home Edition. I am having a problem that has me completely baffled. I have formatted completely (FAT32) and tried to reinstall XP. However, whenever it gets to about the 35 minute mark of "installing devices", it completely freezes up. The little active box in lower right is motionless and no activity on the HD. I have formatted and tried to reinstall several times. I have gone into bios and disabled serial and parellel ports, modem. I have disabled everything I could find except keyboard, trackball and display (I have no option to disable USB). Tried to reinstall with just minimal devices. It doesn't work. It freezes at the 35 minute mark of installing devices.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
The operative word is probably "old". That machine, IIRC, was certified for Windows 2000 and probably not much more.
One of the fundamental failings of older machines was the power management software. I think XP want ACPI, and (again, IIRC), the A22m was APM. I am going from memory here and could be incorrect.
However, you might want to look at power managment drivers for that machine on the Lenovo site and download them to diskette or CD and see if XP can use them while trying to install. You might also try to install the latest BIOS before installing.
Otherwise, the machine may just be too old for XP. ... JDH
One of the fundamental failings of older machines was the power management software. I think XP want ACPI, and (again, IIRC), the A22m was APM. I am going from memory here and could be incorrect.
However, you might want to look at power managment drivers for that machine on the Lenovo site and download them to diskette or CD and see if XP can use them while trying to install. You might also try to install the latest BIOS before installing.
Otherwise, the machine may just be too old for XP. ... JDH
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Pull out the MiniPCI card and try re-installing again.
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Experience . Had this problem a couple of times with T23s and I believe that several others here have had the same issue before. The clue was that the problem came up at the same spot during the OS install.
edit: Here's an old thread which describes your problem almost to the exact minute:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=30159
edit: Here's an old thread which describes your problem almost to the exact minute:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=30159
Ray Kawakami
X22 X24 X31 X41 X41T X60 X60s X61 X61s X200 X200s X300 X301 Z60m Z61t Z61p 560 560Z 600 600E 600X T21 T22 T23 T41 T60p T410 T420 T520 W500 W520 R50 A21p A22p A31 A31p
NOTE: All links to PC-Doctor software hosted by me are dead. Files removed 8/28/12 by manufacturer's demand.
X22 X24 X31 X41 X41T X60 X60s X61 X61s X200 X200s X300 X301 Z60m Z61t Z61p 560 560Z 600 600E 600X T21 T22 T23 T41 T60p T410 T420 T520 W500 W520 R50 A21p A22p A31 A31p
NOTE: All links to PC-Doctor software hosted by me are dead. Files removed 8/28/12 by manufacturer's demand.
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