X102e - Hard drive does not boot into Windows

[houndkor]

Hi, I was trying to reinstall Windows on my X120e.

I tried clean install with Windows 7 Professional, but the hard drive does not boot into the Windows once it has done the first phase of the install(you know, the copying part)

After the restart done by Windows, it goes as far as "Starting Windows" but does not actually boot into the Windows.

When I try to install Windows with another HDD, the device works well, but I can't swap the HDD because it is not 7.5mm think HDD.

Is there any possibility the HDD will work trough any software-level process? The HDD works fine as external HDD when tested with external HDD adapter, and installs well. only problem is that it fails to boot

[cche0691]

Hi houndkor,

Sounds like your ROM does not have enough power, you might try attach external power to the ROM (if avaliable), also please try F12 on ThinkPad screen to see whether your machine could "see" the ROM or not.

Fred

[houndkor]

Thank you for reply.

This is not exactly the issue. I was talking about the HDD originally installed in the PC.

The PC successfully recognizes the external disk I used to install the Windows, but the problem was that I did not boot into the "First boot" screen, which basically works on the already installed data.

As of now I have installed an SSD and is working fine. strange part is that HDD works just fine when I use it as an external HDD via adapter. Strange huh?