Laptop dies on XP install

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Motorcharge

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For various reason I don't feel like getting to I'm attempting to install XP on my laptop (Lenovo L512 2598-42U) but it just shuts off completely as soon as I attempt to start installing where you can select/delete partitions.

As far as I can tell my hardware is fine and chkdsk comes up with no errors though I do get corrupt file notices on occasion.

I've deleted every partition but the Windows 7 one and I'm out of ideas on what to do next.

If it makes any difference it's a burned ISO (lost the original disk, but the cd key is legit).
 
Motorcharge said:
For various reason I don't feel like getting to I'm attempting to install XP on my laptop (Lenovo L512 2598-42U) but it just shuts off completely as soon as I attempt to start installing where you can select/delete partitions.

As far as I can tell my hardware is fine and chkdsk comes up with no errors though I do get corrupt file notices on occasion.

I've deleted every partition but the Windows 7 one and I'm out of ideas on what to do next.

If it makes any difference it's a burned ISO (lost the original disk, but the cd key is legit).
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Make another partition on hard drive and install XP as having W7 on partition is stopping you.
 
I was able to reformat after posting this last night however its still dying after it asks to restart to finish installing. No idea about ide mode but it is plugged in the whole time.
 
As of my last post I have zero. Got far enough into xp install to reformat then had the same issue with it dying. Tried again and it would blue screen during the install after rebooting into the second part of the install. After that I started over, did the long reformat and its shutting off when I try to install again.
 
Ok this is 1 of 2 thing IMHO, either you need SATA (F6 install) drivers or you need to disable USB.

Do this:

  1. Go into your bios and load default settings.
  2. In the BIOS, disable USB entirely
  3. Ensure the BIOS settings are set for correct boot disk and priority to DVD/CD
  4. Boot from DVD/CD and try installation again - this time delete all partitions, and create a new RAW one, format it fully.

If that didnt work, you need to use the F6 sata drivers for XP, however this relys on you having a floppy disk (it is XP). As this is a laptop you will not have one. (if you have access to a USB floppy disk, then undo the stuff at the beginning and provdie the drivers that way).

Otherwise you need to make your own Windows DVD with the drivers slip-streamed into the ISO. To do this: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/How-To--Slipstream-your-XP-installation

Let us know how you go.
 
I'll try the 2nd option over the weekend. Running Ubuntu for the time being since I needed to do some things I couldn't do from my phone.
 
Motorcharge said:
I'll try the 2nd option over the weekend. Running Ubuntu for the time being since I needed to do some things I couldn't do from my phone.
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If you have installed and running Ubuntu on the laptop then it is obviously a faulty copy of xp os you have.
 
MMM said:
If you have installed and running Ubuntu on the laptop then it is obviously a faulty copy of xp os you have.
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or because it's a laptop it needs the f6 drivers is a possibility. I'd test it on a desktop but I don't have one at the moment.
 
it shouldnt need them if your laptop has IDe mode (both of my Acers has it). It will install just like if it had an IDE HDD.

Try installing it in a Vbox under ubuntu and that will tell you if it is a faulty copy or not.
 
Glad to here it worked but if I was you try to get another Disc as the one you got probably not a good copy.
 
Motorcharge said:
or because it's a laptop it needs the f6 drivers is a possibility. I'd test it on a desktop but I don't have one at the moment.
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You need to slipstream SATA drivers to make sure that its an issue with drivers or something else, download a copy of nlite or one of the 'lite' tools and slipstream SATA drivers with the install ( and services packs to if you want ). If you still have problems you might want to look into others that have had trouble with installing XP on the laptop, I had a compaq do something similar and I had to leave it unplugged the entire install ( at least to the second screen ) in order to keep it from dying. Nevermind just seen the post that you got it to work.
 
The copy I had worked fine last night. I've been using XP again without any issue since last night.

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Pay the wallpaper no mind. :cool:
 
wolfeking said:
thats an awesome wallpaper.

Did Lenovo have drivers for XP or did you have to find them yourself?
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Lenovo had them and all the software. I didn't need most of them though, really just the graphics driver and sound driver. Windows did everything else automatically.
 
ok.
I was hoping to get XP on my 5742, but acer only has 64bit drivers. I was hoping that you had to find yours and would have a site or such with XP_32 drivers.
 
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