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Chapter6.Advancedconfiguration
Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconfigurethecomputer:
“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage69
“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage71
“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage71
“Usingsystemmanagement”onpage84
Installinganewoperatingsystem
Insomesituations,youmightneedtoinstallanewoperatingsystem.Thistopicprovidesinstructionson
howtoinstallanewoperatingsystem.
InstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
Attention:Theprocessofinstallinganewoperatingsystemdeletesallthedataonyoursolid-statedrive,
includingthedatathatwerestoredinahiddenfolder.
ToinstalltheWindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.CopyallthesubdirectoriesandfilesintheC:\SWTOOLSdirectorytoaremovablestoragedevice.
ThesupplementfilesfortheWindows7operatingsystemareintheC:\SWTOOLS\OSFIXESdirectory.
ThedevicedriversareintheC:\SWTOOLS\DRIVERSdirectory.
ThepreinstalledprogramsareintheC:\SWTOOLS\APPSdirectory.
2.StarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.See“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage71.
3.SelectStartupUEFI/LegacyBoot.Thendooneofthefollowing:
ToinstalltheWindows7(32-bit)operatingsystem,selectLegacyOnlyorBoth.
ToinstalltheWindows7(64-bit)operatingsysteminLegacymode,selectLegacyOnly.
ToinstalltheWindows7(64-bit)operatingsysteminUEFImode,selectUEFIOnly.
4.PressF10.ASetupConfirmationwindowisdisplayed.ClickYestosavetheconfigurationandexit
theThinkPadSetupprogram.
5.InserttheWindows7operatingsysteminstallationDVDintotheopticaldrive,andrestartthecomputer.
Note:IfyouarestartingtheinstallationDVDimagefromanexternalUSBdevice,doadditional
configurationsbeforeyoustart.Formoreinformation,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/installwin7viausb3
6.RestoretheC:\SWTOOLSdirectorythatyoubackedupbeforeinstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem.
7.Installthedevicedrivers.See“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage71.
8.InstalltheWindows7fixmodules.YoucanfindtheWindows7fixmodulesintheC:\SWTOOLS\OSFIXES\
directory.Formoreinformation,gototheMicrosoftKnowledgeBasehomepageat:
http://support.microsoft.com/
9.Installtheregistrypatches,forexample,theEnablingWakeonLANfromStandbyforENERGYSTAR
patch.Todownloadandinstalltheregistrypatches,gototheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
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