User Guide

Installingdriversandsoftware
ThedevicedriversareprovidedintheC:\SWTOOLS\DRIVERSdirectoryonyourharddiskdrive.Youwillalso
needtoinstallapplicationsoftware,whichisprovidedintheC:\SWTOOLS\APPSdirectoryonyourharddisk
drive.Todothis,refertotheinstructionsin“Reinstallingpreinstalledapplicationsanddevicedrivers”on
page112
.
Note:IfyoucannotndtheSupplementles,devicedrivers,andapplicationsoftwareyouneedonyour
harddiskdrive,orifyouwanttoreceiveupdatesandthelatestinformationaboutthem,refertotheThinkPad
Websiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=tpad-matrix
ThinkPadSetup
Yourcomputerprovidesaprogram,calledThinkPadSetup,thatenablesyoutoselectvarioussetup
parameters.
TostartThinkPadSetup,doasfollows:
1.Toprotectyourselfagainstaccidentallossofdata,backupyourcomputerregistry.See“Performing
backupandrecoveryoperations”onpage109.
2.Ifthediskettedriveisconnectedtothecomputer,removeanydiskettefromthediskettedrive,and
thenturnoffthecomputer.
3.Turnonthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,presstheF1key.TheThinkPadSetupopens.
Ifyouhavesetasupervisorpassword,theThinkPadSetupmenuappearsafteryouenterthepassword.
YoucanstarttheThinkPadSetupbypressingEnterinsteadofenteringthesupervisorpassword;
however,youcannotchangetheparametersthatareprotectedbythesupervisorpassword.Formore
information,referto“UsingPasswords”onpage89
.
AnexampleoftheThinkPadSetupmenuisshownasbelow:
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