how to downgrade

patrickv

patrickv

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So am gonna downgrade my thinkpad.
but i have a tiny problem,the hard drive is SATA, and apparently windowsXP and windows 2000 BSOD'd at the setup screen.
this mean i will need to load the Intel Matrix storage driver, but my laptop does not have floppy drive, nor can i get a USB floppy drive.
Any ways i can downgrade ? without the floppy ?

i tried with a usb but that didn't work.. am thinking of using a linux live cd but i'd probably screw the whole thing !!!
any ideas ?
 
oh, another problem.
i was looking here, the part where it says :
Open the INF file in Notepad and copy the PCI identifier string, which is a series of characters beginning with PCIVEN

yeah ive opened my inf, but i don't know which part to copy, can you help if i post the inf ? :confused:

edit : ok
i've sorted out the above. now, do i really need to create this so called "WINNT.SIF", cause thats an automation process and i don't want to automate, i can skip right ? :confused:
 
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i skipped the damn automated process, am burning my ISO on a rw now, i will save my project for later.
am not even sure this crap will work, am probably stuck with Vista until i get somewhere where i can get a USB floppy drive.

thx Stranglehold
 
StrangleHold said:
No you have to do a winnt.sif. Try downloading nLite makes the job a little easier.
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why do i need do do it ?
from what i understand it automates, but i don't want that. i want to enter my info manually.
and besides i've already loaded the drivers on the cd.
i don't think the winnt.sif file will help, if i boot my thinkpad with the cd and it doesn't work.
but if it really doesn't work , then i will do the winnt.sif thingy :cool:
 
patrickv said:
why do i need do do it ?
from what i understand it automates, but i don't want that. i want to enter my info manually.
and besides i've already loaded the drivers on the cd.
i don't think the winnt.sif file will help, if i boot my thinkpad with the cd and it doesn't work.
but if it really doesn't work , then i will do the winnt.sif thingy :cool:
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Its alot eaiser with nLite and isobuster. Make you a folder called XP cd and one called Boot. Put your XP cd in and when it loads up exit out of it and start up nLite. Direct nLite to your CD and copy it to the XP cd folder. On the next page direct it to the Sata drivers you saved and it will add them to the XP cd folder, when nLite is finished exit out.
Leave your XP cd in and start up isobuster and open up your XP cd. On the left click on Bootable and on the right copy the .img boot file to the Boot folder you made. Close isobuster and take out your XP cd.

If you have Nero open the burning Rom, pick Boot cd on the left. Under the Boot tab check Image file and direct it to the .img file you saved in the Boot folder. Check Expert setting and set it to No emulation. Then click New at top right. When the page opens find the XP cd folder and open it and drag all the XP files over, its eaiser if you just right click on them and select all and drag all of them at once. After that just hit burn and you will have a bootable XD cd with your drivers.
 
StrangleHold said:
Its alot eaiser with nLite and isobuster. Make you a folder called XP cd and one called Boot. Put your XP cd in and when it loads up exit out of it and start up nLite. Direct nLite to your CD and copy it to the XP cd folder. On the next page direct it to the Sata drivers you saved and it will add them to the XP cd folder, when nLite is finished exit out.
Leave your XP cd in and start up isobuster and open up your XP cd. On the left click on Bootable and on the right copy the .img boot file to the Boot folder you made. Close isobuster and take out your XP cd.

If you have Nero open the burning Rom, pick Boot cd on the left. Under the Boot tab check Image file and direct it to the .img file you saved in the Boot folder. Check Expert setting and set it to No emulation. Then click New at top right. When the page opens find the XP cd folder and open it and drag all the XP files over, its eaiser if you just right click on them and select all and drag all of them at once. After that just hit burn and you will have a bootable XD cd with your drivers.
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most of the things you said i did manually via the article, i tested my cd on a Virtual machine and there's nothing wrong, the only way to test if my drivers are working on the cd is to boot it with my hinkpad (which is at the office :()
yeah i already downloaded N-lite but haven't install it yet, will see to it later
 
hey stanglehold am doing this now with NLITE, so ive pointed it to my XP disc, and now am importing Sata drivers, but what do i choose ?



Regular PNP or TEXT mode ?
 
Use Textmode drivers. It should be this one for the X60-Intel 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller but you can just pick all the mobile ones and it will just load the driver it needs when installing.
 
StrangleHold said:
Use Textmode drivers. It should be this one for the X60-Intel 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller but you can just pick all the mobile ones and it will just load the driver it needs when installing.
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yeah thx i already selected the Intel 82801GBM SATA AHCI, and i've already burn the cd.
tomorrow i will update, if it worked on my thinkpad or not

cheers :cool:
 
Dont worry, the first time I used Slipstreaming I made about 5 frisbees before I got it right:P. Now I update all my 2000 and XP cds everynow and then with windows SPs and updates. Last week I just did a windows 2000 cd for a guy that wanted SP4 on it so he didnt have to keep reloading it.
 
the first cd i made from the article you linked me with gave me a BSOD (0x0000007b)
now the cd i made using NLITE, gave me : CD BOOT - Cannot boot from Cd code 5

WTF ? :mad:

i think the BSOD is because that Partition, Service Boot or whatever it's called.
so if i use a linux live cd and delete all* partitions, will there be a light at the end of the tunnel ?
 
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patrickv said:
the first cd i made from the article you linked me with gave me a BSOD (0x0000007b)
now the cd i made using NLITE, gave me : CD BOOT - Cannot boot from Cd code 5

WTF ? :mad:

i think the BSOD is because that Partition, Service Boot or whatever it's called.
so if i use a linux live cd and delete all* partitions, will there be a light at the end of the tunnel ?
Click to expand...

Good, ah, (takes a deep breath), apparently the first cd i made with Nlite didn't work cause i didn't set as "make bootable Iso".
so i did this on the second cd, and it flew me through the setup one time.
XP FTW.

now to edit my SIG !! :D
 
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