User's Manual
Ifyouexperienceanyproblemsduringstartup,refertoChapter10“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”
onpage39.YoucangetadditionalhelpandinformationbytelephonethroughtheCustomerSupportCenter.
ForthelatestServiceandSupportworldwidetelephonelist,goto:
http://support.lenovo.com
Finishingthesoftwareinstallation
Important:Besuretoreadandunderstandthelicenseagreementscarefullybeforeusingtheprogramson
thiscomputer.Theseagreementsdetailyourrights,obligations,andwarrantiesforthesoftwareprogramson
thiscomputer.Byusingtheseprograms,youacceptthetermsoftheagreements.Ifyoudonotacceptthe
agreements,donotusetheprograms.Instead,promptlyreturntheentirecomputerforafullrefund.
Thersttimeyoustartyourcomputer,followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletethesoftware
installation.Ifyoudonotcompletethesoftwareinstallationthersttimethecomputeristurnedon,
unpredictableresultsmightoccur.
Note:SomemodelsmighthaveamultilingualversionofMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
operatingsystem
preinstalled.Ifyourcomputerhasthemultilingualversion,youwillbepromptedtochoosealanguageduring
theinstallationprocess.Afterinstallation,thelanguageversioncanbechangedthroughtheWindows
ControlPanel.
Completingimportanttasks
Afteryouhavesetupyourcomputer,performthefollowingtasks,whichcouldsaveyoutimeandtroublein
thefuture:
•CreateadiagnosticCD/DVDimageorrescuemedium.Diagnosticprogramsareusedtotesthardware
componentsofyourcomputerandreportoperating-system-controlledsettingsthatcancausehardware
failures.MakingadiagnosticCD/DVDimageorrescuemediumbeforehandassuresthatyouwillbeable
torundiagnosticsiftheRescueandRecoveryworkspacebecomesinaccessible.See“PC-Doctorfor
DOS”onpage30
and“Creatingandusingrescuemedia”onpage36formoreinformation.
•Recordyourcomputermachinetype,model,andserialnumber.Ifyouneedserviceortechnicalsupport,
youwillprobablybeaskedforthisinformation.Forfurtherinformation,refertothesafetyandwarranty
informationthatisprovidedwithyourcomputer.
Updatingyouroperatingsystem
MicrosoftmakesupdatesavailableforvariousoperatingsystemsthroughtheMicrosoftWindows
UpdateWebsite.TheWebsiteautomaticallydetermineswhatWindowsupdatesareavailableforyour
speciccomputerandliststhoseupdatesonly.Updatescouldincludesecurityxes,newversionsof
Windowscomponents(suchasmediaplayer),xestootherportionsoftheWindowsoperatingsystem,
orenhancements.
Installingotheroperatingsystems
Ifyouwanttoinstallyourownoperatingsystemratherthantheoperatingsystempreinstalled,followthe
instructionsthatcomewithyouroperatingsystemdiscsordiskettes.Remembertoinstallalldevicedrivers
afteryouhaveinstalledtheoperatingsystem.Youcanndthedevicedriverstogetherwiththeinstallation
instructionsforThinkStation™at:
http://support.lenovo.com
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