mza said:
I've Lenovo Ideapad S10. After installation XP (first boot) i see BDS.
Tests show that all is in order (RAM, motherboard etc.). Have You any idea.
P.S.
I haven't recovery part. This is a new "clean" XP installation.
Do you see this ?
"0x0000007B: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE"
You can look up STOP codes here.
http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm
When you install WinXP, sometimes you need to offer a disk driver
at the beginning of the install. You press F6 and offer the driver.
The prompt to press F6 key, will be on the screen early in the
installation process.
In your case, my guess would be, the BIOS has set the hard drive
to AHCI mode, and WinXP doesn't have an AHCI driver. If you
were to change the BIOS setting to IDE (Native or Enhanced mode),
then it is possible the installation will work without a problem.
You might even try changing the BIOS setting now, to IDE, and
see if the computer can boot.
What I can't tell you, is how you offer an F6 driver easily
with a laptop. Modern laptops don't have floppy drives.
One way to do it, is slipstream the driver into a new install
CD you burn yourself, using NLite. The driver must be
of a certain type, in order for NLite to integrate it.
http://www.nliteos.com/guide/part1.html
You can see an option here, to "Integrate drivers". I've never done it,
but that is how you'd make a driver disc to complete your installation.
http://www.nliteos.com/guide/pictures/a6.jpg
When NLite is finished, you end up with an ISO9660 file (.iso). A program
such as IMGBURN can burn a new bootable CD for you, and then you'll boot
the computer with the disc NLite has prepared, and the installation should
go smoothly.
Perhaps a USB floppy drive would work, but I'm not sure about that.
And USB floppy drives are getting hard to find. At least I can
still buy floppy diskettes at the store, but probably not for much
longer.
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http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/ot/en/driversdownloads/drivers_list.aspx?categoryid=43
Under "Storage Management" there is an AHCI driver. It is a 481KB download.
In there, you'll find files like
iaahci.cat
iaAHCI.inf
iastor.cat
...
TXTSETUP.OEM
That set of files, is what you'd copy onto a floppy diskette, if installing
WinXP and needing an AHCI driver (because the BIOS is set to AHCI for the
disk). If you can change the BIOS setting, then you might not need the driver.
If the laptop is "fixed" into AHCI mode, then you need the driver. If you
cannot figure out how to offer a floppy with the driver files, then
you can use NLite to integrate that set of files (plus TXTSETUP.OEM)
and then with the new installer disc, you can install and it will work.
Lenovo even repeats what I've said above, in this installer guide.
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/ot/en/HintsandTips/hints_show_1254457514741.html
Paul
