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Installing the Windows 7 operating system

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Installing the Windows 7 operating system Before you start, print these instructions. To install the Windows 7 operating system and its related software on your computer, do the following: 1. Start ThinkPad Setup. 2. Select Startup. 3. Select UEFI/Legacy Boot. 4. Do one of the following: • If you are going to install the Windows 7 (32-bit) operating system, select Legacy Only or Both. • If you are going to install the Windows 7 (64-bit) operating system in Legacy mode, select Legacy Only. • If you are going to install the Windows 7 (64-bit) operating system in UEFI mode, select UEFI Only. 5. Press Fn+F10. 6. Insert the Windows 7 operating system installation DVD into the DVD drive, and restart the computer. 7. Restore C:\SWTOOLS from the backup copy you made before starting the installation. 8. Install the ThinkPad AMD SMBus Driver for Windows 7 and the ThinkPad AMD AHCI Controller Driver for Windows 7. 9. Install device drivers. See "Installing device drivers" on page 81. Installing the registry patches for Windows 7 Go to http://www.lenovo.com/support and install the following registry patches: • Registry patch enabling Wake Up on LAN from Standby for Energy Star • Fix for Issue of HDD with HD Detection Installing the Windows 8 operating system or the Windows 8.1 operating system Before you start, print these instructions. To install the Windows 8 operating system or the Windows 8.1 operating system, do the following: 1. Start ThinkPad Setup. 2. Select Startup ➙ Boot. 3. Change the boot priority order to boot your computer from the drive that contains the Windows 8 operating system or the Windows 8.1 operating system installer. 4. Press Fn+F10. 5. Connect the drive that contains the Windows 8 operating system or the Windows 8.1 operating system installer to your computer, and restart the computer. 6. Install device drivers. See "Installing device drivers" on page 81. Installing the Windows 8 fix module or the Windows 8.1 fix module To download and install a Windows 8 fix module or the Windows 8.1 fix module, go to the Microsoft Knowledge Base home page at http://support.microsoft.com/, type the number of the fix module you need in the search field, and click Search. 80 User Guide

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Installing the Windows 7 operating system
Before you start, print these instructions.
To install the Windows 7 operating system and its related software on your computer, do the following:
1. Start ThinkPad Setup.
2. Select
Startup
.
3. Select
UEFI/Legacy Boot
.
4. Do one of the following:
• If you are going to install the Windows 7 (32–bit) operating system, select
LegacyOnly
or
Both
.
• If you are going to install the Windows 7 (64–bit) operating system in Legacy mode, select
Legacy
Only
.
• If you are going to install the Windows 7 (64–bit) operating system in UEFI mode, select
UEFIOnly
.
5. Press Fn+F10.
6. Insert the Windows 7 operating system installation DVD into the DVD drive, and restart the computer.
7. Restore
C:\SWTOOLS
from the backup copy you made before starting the installation.
8. Install the ThinkPad AMD SMBus Driver for Windows 7 and the ThinkPad AMD AHCI Controller Driver
for Windows 7.
9. Install device drivers. See “Installing device drivers” on page 81.
Installing the registry patches for Windows 7
Go to http://www.lenovo.com/support and install the following registry patches:
• Registry patch enabling Wake Up on LAN from Standby for Energy Star
• Fix for Issue of HDD with HD Detection
InstallingtheWindows8operatingsystemortheWindows8.1operating
system
Before you start, print these instructions.
To install the Windows 8 operating system or the Windows 8.1 operating system, do the following:
1. Start ThinkPad Setup.
2. Select
Startup
➙
Boot
.
3. Change the boot priority order to boot your computer from the drive that contains the Windows 8
operating system or the Windows 8.1 operating system installer.
4. Press Fn+F10.
5. Connect the drive that contains the Windows 8 operating system or the Windows 8.1 operating system
installer to your computer, and restart the computer.
6. Install device drivers. See “Installing device drivers” on page 81.
Installing the Windows 8 fix module or the Windows 8.1 fix module
To download and install a Windows 8 fix module or the Windows 8.1 fix module, go to the Microsoft
Knowledge Base home page at http://support.microsoft.com/, type the number of the fix module you need
in the search field, and click
Search
.
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User Guide