Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

May 17, 2008

Hi all:

Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM

Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB

RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo

Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

it is.

Thanks

Tom Young

May 17, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

"TomYoung" <tgyoung@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:e7a862e1-f86f-4a6a-9069-d288e99401bf@s33g2000pri.googlegroups.com...

> Hi all:

>

> Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM

> Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB

> RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo

>

> Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

> hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

> it is.

>

> Thanks

>

> Tom Young

Have a look here:

WinXP Setup stops responding with 34 minutes remaining:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828267

May 17, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

What Pegasus said.

Are you using the CDs that came with the machine?

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

TomYoung wrote:

> Hi all:

>

> Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM

> Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB

> RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo

>

> Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

> hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

> it is.

>

> Thanks

>

> Tom Young

May 17, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

On May 17, 1:17 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:

> What Pegasus said.

>

> Are you using the CDs that came with the machine?

> --

> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

> AumHa VSOP & Adminhttp://aumha.net

> DTS-Lhttp://dts-l.net/

No, this is a retail WindowsXP Home Edition, Version 2002, CD, which

includes, I believe SP2.

Tom Young

>

> TomYoung wrote:

> > Hi all:

>

> > Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM

> > Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB

> > RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo

>

> > Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

> > hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

> > it is.

>

> > Thanks

>

> > Tom Young

May 17, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

TomYoung wrote:

<paste>

>> Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM

>> Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB

>> RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo

>>

>> Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

>> hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

>> it is.

</paste>

> PA Bear wrote:

>> What Pegasus said.

>>

>> Are you using the CDs that came with the machine?

>> --

> No, this is a retail WindowsXP Home Edition, Version 2002, CD, which

> includes, I believe SP2.

I wouldn't attempt that with a laptop, especially a Thinkpad! Good luck

with that.

--

~PA Bear

May 17, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

You say 'fresh install', does that mean XP has never run on the laptop?

There is a lot of old hardware not compatible with XP.

"TomYoung" <tgyoung@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:e49524fb-8a23-4b2b-8280-5a1ab06bb05d@q1g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

> On May 17, 1:17 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> What Pegasus said.

>>

>> Are you using the CDs that came with the machine?

>> --

>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

>> AumHa VSOP & Adminhttp://aumha.net

>> DTS-Lhttp://dts-l.net/

>

> No, this is a retail WindowsXP Home Edition, Version 2002, CD, which

> includes, I believe SP2.

>

> Tom Young

>

>>

>> TomYoung wrote:

>> > Hi all:

>>

>> > Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM

>> > Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB

>> > RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo

>>

>> > Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

>> > hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

>> > it is.

>>

>> > Thanks

>>

>> > Tom Young

>

May 17, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

On May 17, 1:58 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote:

> You say 'fresh install', does that mean XP has never run on the laptop?

> There is a lot of old hardware not compatible with XP."TomYoung" <tgyo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

That's what's puzzling. When I got the machine it was running WinXP

Pro, and running just fine. So, I wiped the hard drive and started

fresh. The WinXP Home CD is an upgrade CD, so I "showed" it my Win98

CD and off it ran, installing right along. I just can't get past the

35 minutes to go mark. I'd assume a machine capable of running XP Pro

could run the Home version.

Tom Young

>

> news:e49524fb-8a23-4b2b-8280-5a1ab06bb05d@q1g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

>

> > On May 17, 1:17 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >> What Pegasus said.

>

> >> Are you using the CDs that came with the machine?

> >> --

> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

> >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

> >> AumHa VSOP & Adminhttp://aumha.net

> >> DTS-Lhttp://dts-l.net/

>

> > No, this is a retail WindowsXP Home Edition, Version 2002, CD, which

> > includes, I believe SP2.

>

> > Tom Young

>

> >> TomYoung wrote:

> >> > Hi all:

>

> >> > Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM

> >> > Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB

> >> > RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo

>

> >> > Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

> >> > hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

> >> > it is.

>

> >> > Thanks

>

> >> > Tom Young

May 17, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

On May 17, 1:12 pm, "Pegasus $MVP$" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:

> "TomYoung" <tgyo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>

> news:e7a862e1-f86f-4a6a-9069-d288e99401bf@s33g2000pri.googlegroups.com...

>

> > Hi all:

>

> > Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM

> > Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB

> > RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo

>

> > Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

> > hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

> > it is.

>

> > Thanks

>

> > Tom Young

>

> Have a look here:

> WinXP Setup stops responding with 34 minutes remaining:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828267

I've looked at the Help and Support page but, once I restart the

computer doesn't the install program start fresh .txt and .log files?

How do you get the install program to load windows enough to open the

command prompt without the program running off and re-writing what

you're trying to look at?

Tom Young

May 18, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

"TomYoung" <tgyoung@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> On May 17, 1:12 pm, "Pegasus $MVP$" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:

>> "TomYoung" <tgyo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>>

>> news:e7a862e1-f86f-4a6a-9069-d288e99401bf@s33g2000pri.googlegroups.com...

>>

>> > Hi all:

>>

>> > Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM

>> > Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB

>> > RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo

>>

>> > Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

>> > hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

>> > it is.

>>

>> > Thanks

>>

>> > Tom Young

>>

>> Have a look here:

>> WinXP Setup stops responding with 34 minutes

>> remaining:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828267

>

> I've looked at the Help and Support page but, once I restart the

> computer doesn't the install program start fresh .txt and .log files?

> How do you get the install program to load windows enough to open the

> command prompt without the program running off and re-writing what

> you're trying to look at?

>

> Tom Young

The page I quoted requires you to restart the installation process several

times. Apparently the process skips certain devices each time it gets

restarted. The page also says to press Shift+F10 after the first restart,

which apparently opens a Command Prompt so that you can examine

pnplog.txt. If you are unable to do this then you could boot the machine

with a Win98 boot disk from http://www.bootdisk.com and run ntfsdos.exe

from http://www.sysinternals.com so that you can examine pnplog.txt even

if it resides on an NTFS partition.

May 18, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

On May 17, 11:02 pm, "Pegasus $MVP$" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:

> "TomYoung" <tgyo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>

> news:286e8a6d-4c7d-478d-9ec4-4067d6b5d4ce@h1g2000prh.googlegroups.com...

>

> > On May 17, 1:12 pm, "Pegasus $MVP$" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:

> >> "TomYoung" <tgyo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>

> >>news:e7a862e1-f86f-4a6a-9069-d288e99401bf@s33g2000pri.googlegroups.com...

>

> >> > Hi all:

>

> >> > Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM

> >> > Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB

> >> > RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo

>

> >> > Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

> >> > hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

> >> > it is.

>

> >> > Thanks

>

> >> > Tom Young

>

> >> Have a look here:

> >> WinXP Setup stops responding with 34 minutes

> >> remaining:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828267

>

> > I've looked at the Help and Support page but, once I restart the

> > computer doesn't the install program start fresh .txt and .log files?

> > How do you get the install program to load windows enough to open the

> > command prompt without the program running off and re-writing what

> > you're trying to look at?

>

> > Tom Young

>

> The page I quoted requires you to restart the installation process several

> times. Apparently the process skips certain devices each time it gets

> restarted. The page also says to press Shift+F10 after the first restart,

> which apparently opens a Command Prompt so that you can examine

> pnplog.txt. If you are unable to do this then you could boot the machine

> with a Win98 boot disk fromwww.bootdisk.comand run ntfsdos.exe

> fromwww.sysinternals.comso that you can examine pnplog.txt even

> if it resides on an NTFS partition.

I've rebooted dozens of times and haven't made any progress. By

ejecting the Windows CD I can "stall" the install program and look at

the hard drive. There *is* no pnplog.txt on the drive, thought

there's a setuplog.txt file which doesn't show any obvious errors.

I've also view the setupapi.log file that shows all sorts errors,

variations of "#E077 Could not locate a non-empty section

[iis_common_install] when calculating disk space in 'C:\WINDOWS\INF

\iis.inf'. Error 0xe0000102: The required line was not found in the

INF."

All too much for me.

Thanks.

Tom Young

May 18, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

"TomYoung" <tgyoung@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> On May 17, 11:02 pm, "Pegasus $MVP$" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:

>> "TomYoung" <tgyo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>>

>> news:286e8a6d-4c7d-478d-9ec4-4067d6b5d4ce@h1g2000prh.googlegroups.com...

>>

>> > On May 17, 1:12 pm, "Pegasus $MVP$" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:

>> >> "TomYoung" <tgyo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>>

>> >>news:e7a862e1-f86f-4a6a-9069-d288e99401bf@s33g2000pri.googlegroups.com...

>>

>> >> > Hi all:

>>

>> >> > Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a

>> >> > IBM

>> >> > Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB),

>> >> > 256MB

>> >> > RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com

>> >> > combo

>>

>> >> > Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

>> >> > hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

>> >> > it is.

>>

>> >> > Thanks

>>

>> >> > Tom Young

>>

>> >> Have a look here:

>> >> WinXP Setup stops responding with 34 minutes

>> >> remaining:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828267

>>

>> > I've looked at the Help and Support page but, once I restart the

>> > computer doesn't the install program start fresh .txt and .log files?

>> > How do you get the install program to load windows enough to open the

>> > command prompt without the program running off and re-writing what

>> > you're trying to look at?

>>

>> > Tom Young

>>

>> The page I quoted requires you to restart the installation process

>> several

>> times. Apparently the process skips certain devices each time it gets

>> restarted. The page also says to press Shift+F10 after the first restart,

>> which apparently opens a Command Prompt so that you can examine

>> pnplog.txt. If you are unable to do this then you could boot the machine

>> with a Win98 boot disk fromwww.bootdisk.comand run ntfsdos.exe

>> fromwww.sysinternals.comso that you can examine pnplog.txt even

>> if it resides on an NTFS partition.

>

> I've rebooted dozens of times and haven't made any progress. By

> ejecting the Windows CD I can "stall" the install program and look at

> the hard drive. There *is* no pnplog.txt on the drive, thought

> there's a setuplog.txt file which doesn't show any obvious errors.

> I've also view the setupapi.log file that shows all sorts errors,

> variations of "#E077 Could not locate a non-empty section

> [iis_common_install] when calculating disk space in 'C:\WINDOWS\INF

> \iis.inf'. Error 0xe0000102: The required line was not found in the

> INF."

>

> All too much for me.

>

> Thanks.

>

> Tom Young

Here are a few options I see for you:

- Use the factory recovery feature that is built into Thinkpads.

- Ask your local PC service person to load WinXP for you.

- Ask an authorised IBM/Lenovo service centre to restore your

disk to factory condition.

May 18, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

What do you mean 'showed it your Win 98 CD'? Why didn't you get a Windows xp

instead of an update?

"TomYoung" <tgyoung@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:1c3abc88-78a4-4dc5-913f-835d652591e8@a9g2000prl.googlegroups.com...

> On May 17, 1:58 pm, "Unknown" <unkn...@unknown.kom> wrote:

>> You say 'fresh install', does that mean XP has never run on the laptop?

>> There is a lot of old hardware not compatible with XP."TomYoung"

>> <tgyo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>

> That's what's puzzling. When I got the machine it was running WinXP

> Pro, and running just fine. So, I wiped the hard drive and started

> fresh. The WinXP Home CD is an upgrade CD, so I "showed" it my Win98

> CD and off it ran, installing right along. I just can't get past the

> 35 minutes to go mark. I'd assume a machine capable of running XP Pro

> could run the Home version.

>

> Tom Young

>>

>> news:e49524fb-8a23-4b2b-8280-5a1ab06bb05d@q1g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

>>

>> > On May 17, 1:17 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> >> What Pegasus said.

>>

>> >> Are you using the CDs that came with the machine?

>> >> --

>> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

>> >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

>> >> AumHa VSOP & Adminhttp://aumha.net

>> >> DTS-Lhttp://dts-l.net/

>>

>> > No, this is a retail WindowsXP Home Edition, Version 2002, CD, which

>> > includes, I believe SP2.

>>

>> > Tom Young

>>

>> >> TomYoung wrote:

>> >> > Hi all:

>>

>> >> > Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a

>> >> > IBM

>> >> > Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB),

>> >> > 256MB

>> >> > RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com

>> >> > combo

>>

>> >> > Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

>> >> > hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

>> >> > it is.

>>

>> >> > Thanks

>>

>> >> > Tom Young

>

May 18, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

TomYoung wrote:

>>>>> Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM

>>>>> Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB

>>>>> RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo

>>

>>>>> Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

>>>>> hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

>>>>> it is.

>>

>>>> Have a look here:

>>>> WinXP Setup stops responding with 34 minutes

>>>> remaining:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828267

>>

>>> I've looked at the Help and Support page but, once I restart the

>>> computer doesn't the install program start fresh .txt and .log files?

>>> How do you get the install program to load windows enough to open the

>>> command prompt without the program running off and re-writing what

>>> you're trying to look at?

>>

>> The page I quoted requires you to restart the installation process

>> several

>> times. Apparently the process skips certain devices each time it gets

>> restarted. The page also says to press Shift+F10 after the first restart,

>> which apparently opens a Command Prompt so that you can examine

>> pnplog.txt. If you are unable to do this then you could boot the machine

>> with a Win98 boot disk fromwww.bootdisk.comand run ntfsdos.exe

>> fromwww.sysinternals.comso that you can examine pnplog.txt even

>> if it resides on an NTFS partition.

>

> I've rebooted dozens of times and haven't made any progress. By

> ejecting the Windows CD I can "stall" the install program and look at

> the hard drive. There *is* no pnplog.txt on the drive, thought

> there's a setuplog.txt file which doesn't show any obvious errors.

> I've also view the setupapi.log file that shows all sorts errors,

> variations of "#E077 Could not locate a non-empty section

> [iis_common_install] when calculating disk space in 'C:\WINDOWS\INF

> \iis.inf'. Error 0xe0000102: The required line was not found in the

> INF."

>

> All too much for me.

Either use the WinXP CD(s) that came with the machine, the hidden Recovery

partition, or contact Lenovo Support, Tom. Good luck.

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

May 18, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

On May 18, 12:15 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:

> TomYoung wrote:

> >>>>> Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a IBM

> >>>>> Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB), 256MB

> >>>>> RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com combo

>

> >>>>> Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

> >>>>> hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

> >>>>> it is.

>

> >>>> Have a look here:

> >>>> WinXP Setup stops responding with 34 minutes

> >>>> remaining:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828267

>

> >>> I've looked at the Help and Support page but, once I restart the

> >>> computer doesn't the install program start fresh .txt and .log files?

> >>> How do you get the install program to load windows enough to open the

> >>> command prompt without the program running off and re-writing what

> >>> you're trying to look at?

>

> >> The page I quoted requires you to restart the installation process

> >> several

> >> times. Apparently the process skips certain devices each time it gets

> >> restarted. The page also says to press Shift+F10 after the first restart,

> >> which apparently opens a Command Prompt so that you can examine

> >> pnplog.txt. If you are unable to do this then you could boot the machine

> >> with a Win98 boot disk fromwww.bootdisk.comandrun ntfsdos.exe

> >> fromwww.sysinternals.comsothat you can examine pnplog.txt even

> >> if it resides on an NTFS partition.

>

> > I've rebooted dozens of times and haven't made any progress. By

> > ejecting the Windows CD I can "stall" the install program and look at

> > the hard drive. There *is* no pnplog.txt on the drive, thought

> > there's a setuplog.txt file which doesn't show any obvious errors.

> > I've also view the setupapi.log file that shows all sorts errors,

> > variations of "#E077 Could not locate a non-empty section

> > [iis_common_install] when calculating disk space in 'C:\WINDOWS\INF

> > \iis.inf'. Error 0xe0000102: The required line was not found in the

> > INF."

>

> > All too much for me.

>

> Either use the WinXP CD(s) that came with the machine, the hidden Recovery

> partition, or contact Lenovo Support, Tom. Good luck.

> --

> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

> AumHa VSOP & Adminhttp://aumha.net

> DTS-Lhttp://dts-l.net/

I don't have the WinXP CD's that came with the machine and I wiped the

hard drive before starting the exercise of loading Win XP Home. I've

since determined that the hard drive probably is funky and that might

be the real problem here. I didn't even think of that since Win XP

Pro by all accounts seemed to be running fine. I may buy a new hard

drive and try the whole thing again, or maybe not.

Tom Young

May 18, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

TomYoung wrote:

> On May 18, 12:15 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> TomYoung wrote:

>>>>>>> Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a

>>>>>>> IBM

>>>>>>> Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB),

>>>>>>> 256MB

>>>>>>> RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com

>>>>>>> combo

>>

>>>>>>> Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be some

>>>>>>> hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand what

>>>>>>> it is.

>>

>>>>>> Have a look here:

>>>>>> WinXP Setup stops responding with 34 minutes

>>>>>> remaining:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828267

>>

>>>>> I've looked at the Help and Support page but, once I restart the

>>>>> computer doesn't the install program start fresh .txt and .log files?

>>>>> How do you get the install program to load windows enough to open the

>>>>> command prompt without the program running off and re-writing what

>>>>> you're trying to look at?

>>

>>>> The page I quoted requires you to restart the installation process

>>>> several

>>>> times. Apparently the process skips certain devices each time it gets

>>>> restarted. The page also says to press Shift+F10 after the first

>>>> restart,

>>>> which apparently opens a Command Prompt so that you can examine

>>>> pnplog.txt. If you are unable to do this then you could boot the

>>>> machine

>>>> with a Win98 boot disk fromwww.bootdisk.comandrun ntfsdos.exe

>>>> fromwww.sysinternals.comsothat you can examine pnplog.txt even

>>>> if it resides on an NTFS partition.

>>

>>> I've rebooted dozens of times and haven't made any progress. By

>>> ejecting the Windows CD I can "stall" the install program and look at

>>> the hard drive. There *is* no pnplog.txt on the drive, thought

>>> there's a setuplog.txt file which doesn't show any obvious errors.

>>> I've also view the setupapi.log file that shows all sorts errors,

>>> variations of "#E077 Could not locate a non-empty section

>>> [iis_common_install] when calculating disk space in 'C:\WINDOWS\INF

>>> \iis.inf'. Error 0xe0000102: The required line was not found in the

>>> INF."

>>

>>> All too much for me.

>>

>> Either use the WinXP CD(s) that came with the machine, the hidden

>> Recovery

>> partition, or contact Lenovo Support, Tom. Good luck.

>> --

>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

>> AumHa VSOP & Adminhttp://aumha.net

>> DTS-Lhttp://dts-l.net/

>

> I don't have the WinXP CD's that came with the machine and I wiped the

> hard drive before starting the exercise of loading Win XP Home. I've

> since determined that the hard drive probably is funky and that might

> be the real problem here. I didn't even think of that since Win XP

> Pro by all accounts seemed to be running fine. I may buy a new hard

> drive and try the whole thing again, or maybe not.

You'll still need the Thinkpad-specific drivers, Tom.

May 18, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

That is possible. I just replaced the hard drive in my wife's Compaq

Presario R4025US for almost the same exact reason you are talking about. It

turned out that the drive was failing and once I replaced it I was able to

clean install XP Home from the HP/Compaq cd that came with the computer with

no issues and in a fraction of the time it was taking on the old hard drive.

I could eventually get the OS installed with the old hdd but within a day

the system would begin failing again. Anyway, as you recall from the KB

article linked by Pegasus, the 34 minute issue is hardware related and the

hard drive is a prime candidate. Good luck with it. And get your drivers

and utilities downloaded for your Thinkpad.

"TomYoung" <tgyoung@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:a85536ae-2c3f-4f5c-800f-7c8706ccb230@w34g2000prm.googlegroups.com...

> On May 18, 12:15 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> TomYoung wrote:

>> >>>>> Trying to do a fresh install on an older Thinkpad Laptop. It's a

>> >>>>> IBM

>> >>>>> Thinkpad 2647-AMU with the following specs: PIII 700MHz (256KB),

>> >>>>> 256MB

>> >>>>> RAM, 12.0GB HDD, 14.1 TFT 1024x768 LCD, 6x-2.3x DVD drive, 3Com

>> >>>>> combo

>>

>> >>>>> Setup hangs with either 35 or 34 minutes to go. It's got to be

>> >>>>> some

>> >>>>> hardware issue and I was just wondering if anybody knew offhand

>> >>>>> what

>> >>>>> it is.

>>

>> >>>> Have a look here:

>> >>>> WinXP Setup stops responding with 34 minutes

>> >>>> remaining:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828267

>>

>> >>> I've looked at the Help and Support page but, once I restart the

>> >>> computer doesn't the install program start fresh .txt and .log files?

>> >>> How do you get the install program to load windows enough to open the

>> >>> command prompt without the program running off and re-writing what

>> >>> you're trying to look at?

>>

>> >> The page I quoted requires you to restart the installation process

>> >> several

>> >> times. Apparently the process skips certain devices each time it gets

>> >> restarted. The page also says to press Shift+F10 after the first

>> >> restart,

>> >> which apparently opens a Command Prompt so that you can examine

>> >> pnplog.txt. If you are unable to do this then you could boot the

>> >> machine

>> >> with a Win98 boot disk fromwww.bootdisk.comandrun ntfsdos.exe

>> >> fromwww.sysinternals.comsothat you can examine pnplog.txt even

>> >> if it resides on an NTFS partition.

>>

>> > I've rebooted dozens of times and haven't made any progress. By

>> > ejecting the Windows CD I can "stall" the install program and look at

>> > the hard drive. There *is* no pnplog.txt on the drive, thought

>> > there's a setuplog.txt file which doesn't show any obvious errors.

>> > I've also view the setupapi.log file that shows all sorts errors,

>> > variations of "#E077 Could not locate a non-empty section

>> > [iis_common_install] when calculating disk space in 'C:\WINDOWS\INF

>> > \iis.inf'. Error 0xe0000102: The required line was not found in the

>> > INF."

>>

>> > All too much for me.

>>

>> Either use the WinXP CD(s) that came with the machine, the hidden

>> Recovery

>> partition, or contact Lenovo Support, Tom. Good luck.

>> --

>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

>> AumHa VSOP & Adminhttp://aumha.net

>> DTS-Lhttp://dts-l.net/

>

> I don't have the WinXP CD's that came with the machine and I wiped the

> hard drive before starting the exercise of loading Win XP Home. I've

> since determined that the hard drive probably is funky and that might

> be the real problem here. I didn't even think of that since Win XP

> Pro by all accounts seemed to be running fine. I may buy a new hard

> drive and try the whole thing again, or maybe not.

>

> Tom Young

May 18, 2008

Re: Can't Install Windows XP on a IBM Thinkpad Laptop

btw, I looked on http://www.restoredisks.com/finddisk.asp?mode=series for

you to see if RestoreDisks.com happened to have your software and the

closest is a Thinkpad 2289. You might ask them anyway.