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OK I think I need some help with a non-standard problem. My laptop will not work from the Built-in hard drive. So I have an empty bay (Thinkpad 42) So I have a hard drive in the Ultrabay (where the CD was) and am trying to make it bootable. I have created a bootable USB but when I get to the step where it does the install I have a problem that I believe is involved with the Boot.ini code: C:\btsec\XPSTP.bs="1. Begin TXT Mode Setup Windows XP, Never unplug USB-Drive Until Logon" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="2. and 3. Continue with GUI Mode Setup Windows XP + Start XP from HD 1" /FASTDETECT multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Continue GUI Setup + Start XP from HD 2, use if installing on HD2" /FASTDETECT c:\grldr="4. Start GRUB4DOS Menu - DOS FPY IMAGES + Linux + XP Rec Cons + Vista" I need to bood from USB but then install onto the D drive - I think it would be: multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(1)partition(1) ???? There is only one partition on the disk. Thanks a lot. BTW I am trying to resurrect this supposedly defunct machine for a friends son who can not afford a PC. It was in a corporate :"dead laptop" closet and I got it for free with no disk drives. I had a T43 with 2 drives and had hoped to just move the second hard drive to this machine. As a test I have placed the C drive from the 43 which boots fine into the T42 second bay (with an empty first bay) and it tries to boot but it gets as far as "MUP.SYS" and then just dies so I figured that I must have some driver that does not work on the T42 - therefore I am trying to build a new boot drive using the T42 to make its own boot drive. Does this make sense to you?