User's Manual

Table Of Contents
Chapter7.Advancedconguration
Ifyouneedtoinstallanewoperatingsystem,updateyoursystemUEFIBIOS,installnewdevicedrivers,
orrecoverpreinstalledsoftware,thisinformationwillhelpyouhandleyourcomputerwithpropercareand
keepitintopworkingshape.
“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage67
“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage68
“ThinkPadSetup”onpage68
“Usingsystemmanagement”onpage79
Installinganewoperatingsystem
Ifyouinstallanewoperatingsysteminyourcomputer,youneedtoinstallthesupplementlesandThinkPad
devicedriversforitatthesametime.Formoreinformation,see“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage68.
Beforeyouinstalltheoperatingsystem,printtheinstructionsyouwilluse.
Notes:
TheUEFIBIOSfeaturesaresupportedonlyonthe64-bitversionoftheWindows7andWindows8
operatingsystem.
BesuretosetapreferredsettingfortheUEFI/LegacyBootoptioninThinkPadSetup.
Afterinstallingthenewoperationsystem,youshouldnotchangetheinitialUEFI/LegacyBootsettingin
ThinkPadSetup.TheUEFI/LegacyBootsettingmustbethesameasitwaswhentheWindowsoperating
systemimagewasinstalled.Otherwise,thenewoperatingsystemwillnotbootproperly.
Forthecountryorregioncoderequiredintheinstallation,useoneofthefollowing:
Countryorregion:Code
China:SC
Denmark:DK
Finland:FI
France:FR
Germany:GR
Italy:IT
Japan:JP
Netherlands:NL
Norway:NO
Spain:SP
Sweden:SV
TaiwanandHongKong:TC
UnitedStates:US
InstallingtheWindows8operatingsystem
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
ToinstalltheWindows8operatingsystemanditsrelatedsoftwareonyourcomputer,dothefollowing:
1.StartThinkPadSetup.
2.SelectStartupBoot.
©CopyrightLenovo2012
67