Drivers for IBM R50p type 1833

Hello,(excuse my english : I'm french)
I'd like to know exactly wich drivers I've to download and save for further restore of my R50p 1833 type (OS = XP SP3). I found this link but I'd like to know exactly which divers I have to download :
Lenovo Support - Drivers and software - ThinkPad R50, R50p.
Thanks a lot

 

That depends on your needs and/or desires. Every one is different. Things you may use, I would not. Probably the best course of action is get as much information as you can and only install the ones you think you will use. Other than the drivers, the only ThinkVantage software I use is Power Manager, Hotkey and trackpoint software.

 

First of all thanks for your quick answer

In fact I'd first like to know which essential drivers I need if I format my HDD to install everything again. Do I need for exemple the "Intel Chipset" driver or everything about the BIOS (I don't understand what "Embedded Controller Program" and "BIOS Settings Capture/Playback Utility" are ).

I guess I "catched" a trojan on my labtop and I want to get rid of Bitdefender warning about it everyday, so I'm telling me that formatting could be a solution (I can't even restore it to a previous point )

 

Do you still have the recovery partition? If so you can use that to reformat the drive back like it was when it left the factory with no trojan. If you're using a Windows disc just put it in and follow the prompts, though depending on what kind of disc it is, your key may or may not work. You shouldn't need any drivers to install Windows.

 

no I haven't. I bought this labtop "naked" (second hand) with just a "drivers" folder but it's a real mess within it, I can't understand what I have to install first. So I want to create (on my PC) an organized folder containing all the needed drivers and to know what I have to install first.
Do you think that if I format my labtop with the XP disk and install XP then, it will at least install the motherboard driver. I'm not very at ease with computer matter ??

What do you mean by :"your key may or may not work"

About the chipset driver, the attached text files says :
" This package is required when you install Windows Operating Systems without the Product Recovery function."...that's my case
and then, several things I don't really understant

 

If you got your Windows XP SP3 disc on hand then let's start with the basics. We're going to start from scratch so download the essential items first and store them on a USB stick, that would be:

- Video Driver - This allows you to use the correct display resolution for your model.
- Networking (Wireless) - You got three choices here, I normally would suspect the "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200bg, 2915abg Mini PCI adapter" would be common for this model but it doesn't hurt to download them all so if one doesn't work then you can try again with the others.
- Networking (Ethernet) - If you use wired connection instead use this package first to connect online.
- Lenovo System Update - Updates/Installs missing drivers/software for you.
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4 - Required to run System Update.

That should be enough for now, install Windows XP on the system. I believe the R50 series uses a PATA hard drive interface so you don't need to do any adjustments with the Windows XP disc. Enter your details and product key when prompted. This may take around 45-60 minutes to complete.

- Once done, install the Video driver so you can have a better view of the desktop. You may be prompted to restart after the installation.

- Then for the Wireless/Ethernet I usually install them manually instead of using Setup so it doesn't install additional software:

Go to My Computer, Right Click and choose Properties. Go to the Hardware tab and select Device Manager.

Now it usually will go under Network Adapter with a yellow exclaimation mark, right click and choose Update Driver. When asked for location just point it to the USB stick of where the Wireless/Ethernet drivers are and select. Hopefully Windows will install these for you without the additional software on top. If you're really unsure or confused on this then just use the SETUP procedure instead.

- From here install the .NET Framework first otherwise System Update won't run. Once completed you can install "System Update" which will pretty much take care the rest for you.

- Don't forget to use Windows Update and install software protection packages for the XP system too.

 

Thanks very much

Unfortunetly I just have an old XP Sp1 disc that means to do all the updates after intall.

Is ther any way to make a bootable disc of XP SP3 that would work without any problem. Is it difficult ?

 

If you got an old version of XP you can update it to the latest Service Pack 3 with the help of nLite which is an easy tool to use. Install it then do the following:

- You need to copy your original XP disc contents on to the hard drive (create a new folder called WinXP and extract there).

- Download Windows XP SP3 Standalone package.

- Open nLite and point the program to the location of your original XP contents on the hard drive.

- Click next and then click on Service Pack.

- Select the SP3 standalone package and wait for a few moments for nLite to update.

- Once done you can choose to add your own drivers, automate your details on to the disc so you don't need to type them in everytime etc. But if you're happy with just the basic disc just burn the contents on to 1x blank CD-R in which nLite you help you do so.

- Once the disc finished you can use the new XP disc to do the installation.

 

that's wonderfull ..I just have to do it right thanks a lot for your help

EDIT the link for nLite didn't work so I went to "home" then "downlaod" where I see :
"Installer"..download and above 01, 02, 03
"Self-extracting archive "..same thing

what do I download exactly ?

You say "You need to copy your original XP disc contents on to the hard drive (create a new folder called WinXP and extract there)."
- may I do this on my 2nd internal HDD (Documents) ?
- how can I do this while my XP disc is bootable ? Is it thanks to nLite ? because when I charge the disc I don't have the choice "extract here" neither by right clik nor with the disc menu

 

Just a little more help ..by answering the post above for a very big thank you

EDIT that's good I found a tutorial

 

Q. What do I download exactly ?

You can try this link from FileHippo for the same program if the original link does not work. This is a setup file to install the program on your system.

Q. You say "You need to copy your original XP disc contents on to the hard drive (create a new folder called WinXP and extract there)."
- may I do this on my 2nd internal HDD (Documents) ?

Yes, that's no problem. As long you remember the location then it's fine.

Q. How can I do this while my XP disc is bootable ? Is it thanks to nLite ? because when I charge the disc I don't have the choice "extract here" neither by right clik nor with the disc menu

I guess I haven't worded myself correctly. All you need to do is copy all of the CD contents of the Windows XP disc and paste it on to your 2nd hard drive. nLite will take care the rest by updating and creating a brand new bootable disc for you so you don't need to worry about that part.