User guide

WhenyouinstalltheWindows7operatingsystem,youmightneedoneofthefollowingcountryorregion

codes:

CountryorregionCodeCountryorregionCode

ChinaSC

DenmarkDK

FinlandFIFranceFR

GermanyGR

ItalyIT

JapanJPNetherlandsNL

Norway

NOSpainSP

SwedenSV

TaiwanandHongKong

UnitedStatesUS

InstallingtheWindows8.1operatingsystem

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

Attention:Theprocessofinstallinganewoperatingsystemdeletesallthedataonyourharddiskdriveor

solid-statedrive,includingthedatathatwerestoredinahiddenfolder.

ToinstalltheWindows8.1operatingsystem,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.See“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage59.

2.SelectStartup➙BoottodisplaytheBootPriorityOrdersubmenu.

3.SelectthedrivethatcontainstheWindows8.1operatingsysteminstallationprogram,forexample

USBHDD.

4.PressF10keytoexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.

5.ConnectthedrivethatcontainstheWindows8.1operatingsysteminstallationprogramtothecomputer,

andrestartthecomputer.

6.InstalltheWindows8.1ﬁxmodules.GototheMicrosoftKnowledgeBasehomepageat

http://support.microsoft.com/.Typethenumberoftheﬁxmoduleinthesearchﬁeld,thenclickSearch.

7.Installtheregistrypatches,forexampletheEnablingWakeonLANfromStandbyforENERGYSTAR

patch.Todownloadandinstalltheregistrypatches,gototheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:

http://www.lenovo.com/support

8.Installdevicedrivers.See“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage59.

Note:Afterinstallingtheoperatingsystem,donotchangetheinitialUEFI/LegacyBootsettinginthe

ThinkPadSetupprogram.Otherwise,theoperatingsystemwillnotstartcorrectly.

WhenyouinstalltheWindows8.1operatingsystem,youmightneedoneofthefollowingcountryorregion