Reinstalling t60

hey there,
recently my thinkpad t60 crashed and a blue screen kept appearing so i had to empty the hard disk. now if i want to reinstall windows (xp) i get a blue screen with the notification: setup can't find a harddisk drive in your computer, make sure your harddisk is properly installed and configured.
What should i do???
please help i really don't know what to do with this one.
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Hello and welcome to our forum!
Simply go into Bios and switch your HDD from AHCI to compatible, the Win will find the HDD.
After installation AHCI driver you are able to switch back.
See for further clean install instructions this guide on Notebookreview.
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Regarding the wireless problem of my T60. Hope there is someone who can help me out. Thx.

I have read some of the posts and i found out that some of the Thinkpad users have the problem of unable to connect wireless network using Access Connection but not Window wireless network connection. For my case, i have connect the network with both of them. In fact, when i use either one to connect, the other would be connected too.
The problem is, sometimes when i use my wireless network, my wireless would be switched off automatically, and the wireless light is then off, and after that i cannot switched the wireless on again. I tried on it using access connection, failed. I tried Fn+F5 to on it, but no matter how many times i click on 'on', there would not be any response. The only thing i can do after this is to restart to laptop.
I called Lenovo Support to help me solve the problem, but still failed. The first time they asked me to installed some drivers and reinstall my Intel(R) Pro/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection. These files included 79uj29us which is a bios update, 7kwc50ww which is the wireless driver installation, 7tvu12ww which is the hotkey driver update, and last 7tku03ww, a power management driver update. But the problem remains. The 2nd time i called, they asked me to uninstall my Access Connection and use window wireless connection as they may cause conflict to each other, and they asked me to uncheck the option of 'Allow this computer to turn off this device to save power' in the power management of wireless drive in device manager, but problem persists. The last time i called the technician and he said they only can check if it is a hardware problem and there most probably be nothing else they can do for my softwares and drivers, and he also believed that it might be the network configuration of my service provider that cause the problem, but i personally do not think so as it is quite hard to believe that the my service is switching off my wireless hardware and i have other laptop in my house too but they do not experience this problem.
Last night i discovered something new, when the wireless is off automatically again, i ran a test on the the wireless device using PC Doctor, for PCI express status test, it passed, for the wireless connectivity and signal strength test, results showed there was 'no connection', when it comes to network link test, it showed 'internal error', the TCP/IP network connection test showed failed. Then i restarted it and ran the test with the wireless switched off by my self, the PCI express status test passed too, but the remaining four test all showed 'no connection'.
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I have uninstalled my Access Connection, but this problem seems to persist. IBM technician have changed the wireless card of my T60, the first few days after it was changed was very fine, no problem at all. About a week later, the problem occured again, and it happened quite frequently after that occurence. Now i really have no idea what is the cause and how to solve it. Will be greatful if there is anyone that can help me.

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Hi Grhm,
Its a shame to hear you are having issues with the think vantage software. I my self have never had any issues with it from my T41, T43p, T60, and X61t. lol
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Hi everybody!
I reinstalled the windows on my T60 and didn't have any problem with my Intel PRO Wireless 3945ABG adaptor.
After one day it stopped working. The small green light for it doesn't turn on anymore, even if a press fn+F5.
I tried to reinstall the driver and it didn't help. I tried to find any problem in its settings, but I couldn't. I've ran out of ideas.
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Oh, God! I'm so embarrassed!
After all these tries and installing, uninstalling, reinstalling, and doing the same thing over and over again, I discover that there is a switch for it. Sorry everybody, I have no excuse. Oh, I might have: I bought it only 5 days ago.
I thought that Maliha was talking about fn+F5, I didn't know that there was a real switch.
Excuse me again!
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Get the Vista driver for your machine here: Ati X1400 driver Vista (32bit/64bit)
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T60 system not recognizing drivers.

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So I think in this case my issue would be likely to caused by the system not recognizing the drivers? Any help or suggestion would be really appreciated. I have posted a similar post before since I thought I only have an issue with the wireless system, so I apologize if anyone consider this somewhat a duplicate post.

Just checkin: Lenovo driver installs have two steps: 1. Extract 2. Install. Did you do step 2?
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Disable the CTRL+ALT+DELETE when log in xp T60

I have T60 and i just installed lenovo xp again, and every time i log in XP i need to press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, how i can get this uncomfortable think off?
I just want to sing by my fingerprint

You have to install the Thinkvantage Fingerprint Software, then configure it to act as the logn provider.
Remember, you can also set Single Sign On and enroll your prints then configure those speicifc fingers to allow BIOS logon and assuming you are starting thes ystesm ffom a cold boot, use the finger at bios, sit back and watch it logon to windows
IF YOU ARE HI SEC MODE / POSSIBLY EVERY OTHER MODE TOO AND YOU JUST RESTART FROM ONE WINDOWS SESSION TO ANOTTHER W/O POWERING OFF.... SSO doesn't apply and you will have to swipe at Windows logon.
A TIP, if a Thinkpad is configured for BIOS logon and the ThinkVantage Fingerprint software is removed or the entire OS is reinstalled....you can still makeshift a SSO:
1. Most likely, the thinkpad will preserve your BIOS biometric finerprint logon settings
2. Avoid resintalling the Thinkvantage finter software and use tweakui to set the Windows Autologn function. Since you've successfully used your fignerprint to start the laptop, it is still as secure as it would be if you had Windows Thinkvantage Finger soft installed but your SSO is now Windows provided but the user experience is the same and just as fast.
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I just reinstalled a T60 from scratch TWICE to the point of updating - Intel Wireless Wifi Link for Windows XP -
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I got back to Hell when System Update REinstalled Intel Wireless WiFi Link for XP
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And again NO CHANCE to roll back, No chance to get rid of that annoying bug. This time I have an ACRONIS-Image so I can spare some time....
Somebody shoud really CHECK this, because it should not be possible to break down an completely NICE RUNNING Thinkpad THIS WAY just by updating it! As it took me abaout 12 Hours of Administration by now I
really would apreciate to help whomever to find out what the hell is responsible 4 this !!!
Why is XP System Restore not working on an T60 to roll back to Point b4 installation of this Update???
(I could not use that Thinkvantage-System Recovery because it did not even get all its updates by the
time the system went in limbo during install! What i defintely can say is that it breaks at exactely
same point when Intel Wifi Updates is installed...
I do my Acronis Restore now and try 2 avoid this Update....;-(
if anybody KNOWS how to get that system 2 an earlier point of an install orgy i whould be thankful to get that information...
I am keeping alive 12 Thinkpads here R40 R50 T42 T43 T60 T61p T400 T500 and NEVER
experienced problems like this in many years!
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gal9000, welcome to the forum,
have you tried running windows system restore from safe mode? It usually works then because some anti-virus softwares will prevent it from running successfully from "normal" windows.
Hope this helps.
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T60 bios security issues

Hello everyone,
I understand password bypass is a forbidden topic on this board, so I will try to frame my question appropriately. My college-age daughter has a 3 year old T60 which i bought for her at the beginning of her college career. At that time, I set up her POP & bios passwords & registered our fingerprints without fully understanding what I was doing. She loves the notebook so much that she declined my offer to replace it with a newer unit. So, we instead added memory & swapped out the hdd. So far, so good. I then got an external usb enclosure for the old hdd, so she can use it as a backup device. That's when it became clear I didn't know what I was doing when I was initially setting up the system 3 years ago. The drive is locked & I could not unlock it for the life of me; i.e., we both forgot the bios, pop & hdd passwords. Her fingerprint will still get her into the bios, but nothing can be changed without the original pwd, it seems. The system is use-able, i.e., she can log into xp & do her thing. I just want to know if there is any way to reset the old hdd once you've gained access to the bios. I am not about to sink $50 for a one time unlock service from a russian hdd repair experts for a 60gb hdd. So, is the drive now toast? Or, does anyone know of a workaround? Is there a way to take fingerprint authentication & use that to do low level configs?
Thanks for your help.
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For POP password, follow the given tip:-
Forgotten Power-on password
If the Power-on password is forgotten and the Supervisor password is known, simply go into the ThinkPad BIOS setup utility and reset the Power-on password, otherwise try the following:
Turn off the computer.
Remove the battery pack.
Remove the backup battery.
Turn on the computer and wait until the POST ends. After the POST ends, the password prompt does not appear. The POP has been removed.
Reinstall the backup battery and the battery pack.
Note: Some ThinkPad systems have the ability to reset the Power-on passwords in the ThinkPad BIOS setup utility if a Supervisor password has been set.
Backup battery is the yellow colored CMOS battery inside the notebook, watch the proceeding video on how to remove and install it:-
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-63894
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-63895
As for HDD's user password, follow the proceeding instructions:-
To remove a user HDP that has been forgotten, when the SVP and the master HDP are known, do the following:
1. Turn on the computer; then, while the “To interrupt normal startup, press the blue ThinkVantage button” message is displayed at the lower-left of the screen, press the ThinkVantage button. The Rescue and Recovery screen opens.
For models supporting the Passphrase function, press F1 while HDP icon is appearing on the screen; then enter the master HDP. For the other models, enter the master HDP.
Note: To check whether the ThinkPad computer supports the Passphrase function, enter the BIOS Setup Utility and go to Security --> Password. If Using Passphrase item is displayed in the menu, this function is available on the ThinkPad computer.
2. Click Access BIOS. The system Restart Required window is displayed.
3. Click Yes. The computer restarts, and the BIOS Setup Utility screen opens.
4. Select Security, using the cursor directional keys to move down the menu.
5. Select Password.
6. Select Hard-disk x password, where x is the letter of the hard disk drive. A pop-up window opens.
7. Select Master HDP. 8. Type the current master HDP in the Enter Current Password field. then leave
the Enter New Password field blank, and press Enter twice. 9. Press F10.
10. Select Yes in the Setup Configuration window. Both user HDP and master HDP will have been removed.
If you set no Master HDP, then I suggest leaving the fields blank both times.
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Reinstall Thinkpad software after upgrade from XP to Windows 7

Hello all, I suspect this is well explored territory but I haven't yet been able to find an answer here.
I have a T60 model 2623-D6U that came with XP Pro. I will be installing a new HDD and Windows 7 Pro. What is the best way to reinstall the ThinkVantage software after a clean Windows 7 Pro installation?
Is it simply a matter of installing the Lenovo system update program and letting it pull in the appropriate drivers and utilities, or is there more to the process of getting the system back to factory installed OS + drivers and utilities?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer, it is greatly appreciated.
(HDD + W7 Pro cost $115, and given my relatively low usage of this laptop the upgrade path seems appropriate. If Microsoft hadn't forced the issue, this machine would still be running XP!)
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> Is it simply a matter of installing the Lenovo system update program and letting it pull in the appropriate drivers and utilities
Yes, it is basically that simple.
You don't have to install all of the utilities that System Update proposes. If there are utilities that you never used with XP then you probably won't use them with Win7, so there's no urgent need to install them.
Also there are some utilities that shipped with Lenovo's version of XP that were licensed from third-parties that may not be available for download from Lenovo's website. Fortunately most of those either have free equivalents or their functionality is now integrated in Win7.
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T60 boot up error chkdsk /f

i couldn't reinstall it on my laptop so i reinstalled it on my brothers t60 also and i took out the hard drive and put it into mine again. it gives me a error like scan the hard drive for viruses and then it says touse chkdsk /f to check the hard drive for corruptions. i downloaded fdisk from lenovo and did it. i ran chkdsk /f and came up with hard drive stuff and says or me to use scandisk but that only scans a: only. any help would be greatly appreciated.

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