Thanks. I will give that a try. This is what I've done so far. Downloaded the intel storage matrix driver from the Lenovo site and extracted it to a stiffy. Started the windows XP load and pressed F6 and installed the required SATA driver. The installation then got to the point just after formatting the drive and requested the intel storage matrix driver disk again, but even though the disk was inserted it would not see it. Second attempt. Went into BIOS and disabled SATA. Loaded windows successfully. Went back into the BIOS, re-enabled SATA, machine blue screened at windows load. Tried runnin