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    Installing XP on a Thinkpad X22

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Hawkeye05, Feb 11, 2009.

  1. Hawkeye05

    Hawkeye05 Notebook Consultant

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    I have a Thinkpad X22, which has no optical or floppy, it also cannot boot from modern USB devices. I have been racking my brain as to how i can make the hard drive a dos boot disk with the I386 directory on it, but i cannot find a way to get it to work. Basically i cant get it to a DOS prompt in any way that i have found.

    Any Help would be greatly appreciated.
     
    Hawkeye05, Feb 11, 2009
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    martinmach Notebook Evangelist

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    why dont u do the installation in another hdd and swap them
     
    martinmach, Feb 12, 2009
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    Thanks everyone, im looking into the one posted by sipp especially, seems too good to be true.
     
    Hawkeye05, Feb 12, 2009
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