Installing XP Pro on Lenovo S10-2

Hello.
I have the full legal version of XP Pro and I am having issues installing this on my new Lenovo S10-2.
I have the regular CD (Orig XP - no Service Packs) as well as XP Pro with SP3 slipstreamed into it.
It will not install either of these....  I have tried installed from external CD-Rom's and USB Stick.
I do IT work and I am having issues... so I asked my company's IT dept to have a look -
This is the email from them:
"Wednesday, July 22, 2009 6:03:43 PM by IT Dept:
Used the external DVD writer as a CD drive to load WinXP pro.
Netbook saw the drive & got started but stopped at blue screen of death before reaching the 1st navigation screen.
Tried dumbing down the drive with a plain CD-ROM drive on a tether & got the same result.
Tried launching an upgrade from Windows already on the netbook & make some progress, but as soon is it rebooted, it could not continue & had a "drive read error".
Tried turning the resident O/S back from SP3 to SP2 & tried my WinXP install CD but got a similar result.
Fellow IT's brother is a superior tech who has some practical experience with netbooks.
His first recommendation coincided with what the blue screen said: scan for infections & run CheckDisk.
He recommended MbAm.
Slaved HDD to STtest & swept with MbAm: nothing found.
Ran chkdsk.exe & also did well.
He scanned some forums & found that Microsoft has gone out of their way to make sure netbooks could not be upgraded.
Gave up on it & informed user."
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions please?
I have to have XP Pro to be able to use this on my companies network.
Thanks so much!
Sam
Message Edited by keysh2oboy on 07-23-2009 02:28 PM
Message Edited by keysh2oboy on 07-23-2009 02:30 PM

Hi,  thanks for more information about that ..
 in BIOS is Configuration page SATA Controller working mode the only user setting from Compatible & AHCI....
i never changed this, cause on my S10e i could install everything without any change...
The only one thing i do not with windows itself is partition & formating with acronis Diskmanager before install,
i delete all exitsting partitions & repartitioned given minimum 20- 30 GB active NTFS & the rest 120 GB logic for data & room for backup with acronis trueimage... 
 i never do this with windows itself.....
..you says ...the only menu option gives you 32GB is strange, whole harddrive must be 149,05 GigaByte  =160 GB...
if harddrive could be never partitioned, even with other computer... the harddrive have a faulty or wrong firmware...
try in BIOS F9 for setup defaults and then these AHCI & Compatible settings in BIOS ... (AHCI is default)
i always have 2 or more other harddrives (the one i used as provingground  for all new scenarios is the little 160 GB   )... at last option  i would try other harddrive (fresh or complete unpartition)...
sincerely KalvinKlein.   .
Message Edited by KalvinKlein on 07-24-2009 11:23 AM
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