[hirsty]

hello im not iv got an ibm 600x it has a virus so iv decided to wipe it and start again. iv never done a laptop before. i got fdisk on floppy but my laptop dosent have a floppy drive so i copyed it to a cd but it wont work. also i dont know how to get it to start up in dos mode. one other thing how do you get all the sound drivers etc once its been wiped as i have no disks for the laptop are they built in somehow. any help would be great.
thanks adam

 

[hirsty]

plz help somebody must know how to do it.

 

[xcel]

I've just done my very first laptop:smooch:

You have to go to the bios and change the the start up sequence to CD. This how I did mine even though it took me a while:sigh: Then go to IBM website and start downloading software drivers for your laptop.

Good luck...

 

[hwm54112]

Hello Adam, Welcome to TSF,

What operating system are you trying to install?


Bill

 

[waynesdukeess]

Tp600x Update

I have 12 IBM laptops the 600x is my fav. you have a 500 or
650MHZ CPU good but you need 300-400MB of RAM menory,
ant least 15GIG harddrive and an operating sys(XPsp2).

installing the OS will format theHDD. OS will put all temp drivers
you need to get going. Then just go to ibm and auto scan and
auto load drivers for 600x and XP, and for best operation also load
thinkpad config.

from ebay all parts and XPsp2 cost about $160.

luck,wayne

 

[pj_allen_uk]

DriverMax

I use DriverMax (freeware) to save drivers before Windows reinstall. It will also load the drivers back after Install, saves a lot of time hunting down drivers.

 

[waynesdukeess]

TP600x

HI,
I never had to hunt for drivers
Installing XP had most. www.ibm.com had updated drivers, works
a little better. Only extras needed was pcmcia cards for USB 2.0
and wireless internet modem WLAM .(built in dial-up was ok a few years ago but
to much stuff needs 200k or faster(not 2.5-4.5k)DL speeds.

luck