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8. Complete the Windows XP Service Pack 2 installation.
9. Install Windows XP Service Pack 3. You can install the Windows XP Service Pack 3 using the Windows
XP Service Pack 3 Installation CD or download it from either Microsoft Download Center or Microsoft
Windows update Web site.
10. Go to C:\DRIVERS\WIN\IRST\PREPARE\PREPARE and double-click install.cmd to run Intel Rapid Storage
Manager Driver.
Note: If you can not nd the Intel Rapid Storage Manager Driver, you can download it from the Lenovo
Web site:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=tpad-matrix.
11. Turn the computer off and then on again.
12. Start the BIOS Setup Utility menu.
13. Select Cong.
14. Select Serial ATA (SATA).
15. Select AHCI.
16. Start Windows XP. The Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard appears.
17. Click No, not this time, and then click Next.
18. Select Install from a list or specic location (Advanced), and then click Next.
19. Select Search for the best driver in these locations. Then select Include this location in the search:,
specify the path, C:\DRIVERS\WIN\IRST\PREPARE, and click Next. The Completing the Found New
Hardware Wizard appears.
20. Click Finish.
21. When the System Settings Change window appears, click Yes. The computer restarts.
22. In the device listing on the Device Manager window, a yellow mark may appear at the left side of the
Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller. If it does appear, open its properties and click the Reinstall
driver button to install the USB2.0 driver.
23. Restore C:\SWTOOLS from the backup copy you made before starting the installation.
24. Apply the PCMCIA Power Policy Registry Patch. To do this, go to C:\SWTOOLS\OSFIXES\PCMCIAPW\,
double-click install.bat, and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
25. Installing Intel Chipset Support for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7. See “Installing Intel Chipset Support for
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7” on page 137.
26. Install device drivers. See “Installing other device drivers” on page 137.
Note: If you remove the hard disk drive from the computer with a single-core processor and install it on a
computer with a dual-core processor, you can get access to the hard disk drive. The opposite, however, is
not true: If you remove the hard disk drive from a computer with a dual-core processor and install it on a
computer with a single-core processor, you cannot get access to the hard disk drive.
Installing device drivers
To install device drivers, go to the web site http://www.lenovo.com/support.
Installing driver for the 4-in-1 Media card reader
To use the 4-in-1 Media card reader, you need to download and install the Realtek PCIE Card Reader Driver
for Windows XP/Vista x86/x64. To download it, go to Lenovo Web site at:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=tpad-matrix
To install the driver, do as follows:
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