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Chapter6.Advancedconfiguration
Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconfigurethecomputer:
“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage73
“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage75
“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage75
“Usingsystemmanagement”onpage89
Installinganewoperatingsystem
Insomesituations,youmightneedtoinstallanewoperatingsystem.Thistopicprovidesinstructionson
howtoinstallanewoperatingsystem.
InstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
Attention:Theprocessofinstallinganewoperatingsystemdeletesallthedataonyourstoragedevices,
includingthedatathatwerestoredinahiddenfolder.
ToinstalltheWindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.CopyallthesubdirectoriesandfilesintheC:\SWTOOLSdirectorytoaremovablestoragedevice.
ThesupplementfilesfortheWindows7operatingsystemareintheC:\SWTOOLS\OSFIXESdirectory.
ThedevicedriversareintheC:\SWTOOLS\DRIVERSdirectory.
ThepreinstalledprogramsareintheC:\SWTOOLS\APPSdirectory.
2.StarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.See“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage75.
3.SelectStartupBoottodisplaytheBootPriorityOrdersubmenu.
4.Selectthedrivethatcontainstheoperatingsysteminstallationprogram,forexample,USBHDD.
ThenpressEsc.
5.SelectStartupUEFI/LegacyBoot.Thendooneofthefollowing:
ToinstalltheWindows7(32-bit)operatingsystem,selectLegacyOnlyorBoth.
ToinstalltheWindows7(64-bit)operatingsysteminLegacymode,selectLegacyOnly.
ToinstalltheWindows7(64-bit)operatingsysteminUEFImode,selectUEFIOnly.
Note:Forcomputerswithanon-volatilememory(NVM)Expressdrive,youcaninstalltheWindows
7operatingsystemontothedriveonlyinUEFImode.Inthiscase,ensurethatyoualwaysselect
UEFIOnly.
6.PressF10toexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.
7.InserttheWindows7operatingsysteminstallationDVDintotheopticaldrive,andrestartthecomputer.
Notes:
IfyouarestartingtheinstallationDVDimagefromanexternalUSBdeviceorifyourcomputerhasan
NVMExpressdriveinstalled,doadditionalconfigurationsbeforeyoustart.Formoreinformation,go
to:http://www.lenovo.com/support/installwin7viausb3.
IfanNVMExpressdriveisinstalled,additionaldriversalsoarerequired.Formoreinformation,goto
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2990941.
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