Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 SF08-D0200 - Page 1

Installing Windows XP on M58/M58p In this guide we are providing you with instructions for manual Windows XP install (from CD) and Remote Install Service instructions to integrate the M58/M58p SATA and Ethernet driver for image deployment. ‐Manual Install: This section will give you step by step instructions on installing Windows XP SP2 on a Lenovo M58/M58p, it was done using a 7483‐ACU and BIOS version 5CKT34A, with default values. Before you start you will have to create the mass storage driver diskette, download the latest driver package at http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-70696.html once the files extracted copy the following one to your formatted diskette: ‐ iaahci.cat ‐ iaAHCI.inf ‐ iastor.cat ‐ iaStor.inf ‐ iaStor.sys ‐ TXTSETUP.OEM Make sure your M58/M58p has either an internal or USB floppy drive so that you can specify which drivers to use. 1. Boot your computer from the Windows XP media 2. Press "F6", when prompted, to specify additional devices *It's possible that Windows XP will not be able to find your computer type (HAL) if you're prompted to select one please make sure to choose "ACPI Multiprocessor PC" 3. Choose the "Intel(R) ICH10D/DO SATA AHCI Controller" from the list, you might have to scroll up or down to get to this choice.