Note:IfyoucannotndtheSupplementles,devicedrivers,andapplicationsoftwareyouneedonyour
harddiskdrive,orifyouwanttoreceiveupdatesandthelatestinformationaboutthem,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
InstallingRegistryPatchesforWindowsVista
InstallthefollowingRegistryPatches:
•RegistryPatchenablingDeviceInitiatedPowerManagementonSATA
•RegistryPatchenablingUSBS3PowerManagement
•RegistrypatchtochangeIDLEIRPtimingbyFingerprintreader
•RegistrypatchenablingWakeUponLANfromStandbyforEnergyStar
•RegistrypatchtoimproveUSBdevicedetectiononresumefromsleep
•FixforIssueofHDDwithHDDetection
ToinstalltheseRegistryPatches,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
InstallingtheWindowsVistaUpdateModulePackage
TheWindowsVistaUpdateModulesareinthefollowingdirectory:C:\SWTOOLS\OSFIXES\.
Thenameofeachsubfolderisthenumberofaxmodule.Forinformationabouteachxmodule,visitthe
MicrosoftKnowledgeBasehomepageat:http://support.microsoft.com/,typethenumberofthexmodule
youneedinthesearcheld,andclickSearch.
Note:TheWebsiteaddressmightchangewithoutnotice.Ifthehomepageisnotdisplayed,searchforit
fromtheMicrosofttoppage.
Toinstallaxmodule,runtheEXEleinasubfolderandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Note:Ifyouremovetheharddiskdrivefromthecomputerwithasingle-coreprocessorandinstallitona
computerwithadual-coreprocessor,youcangetaccesstothehar ddiskdrive.Theopposite,however,is
nottrue:Ifyouremovetheharddiskdrivefromacomputerwithadual-coreprocessorandinstallitona
computerwithasingle-cor eprocessor,youcannotgetaccesstotheharddiskdrive.
InstallingWindowsXP
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
Note:YourcomputersupportsWindowsXPwithServicePack3.BeforeyouinstalltheWindowsXPService
Pack3,makesur eyouinstalltheWindowsXPServicePack2rst.
YoumustinstallIntelRapidStorageTechnologyDriverbeforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem.Toinstallit,you
mayneedtoattachadiskettedrivetoyourcomputer.Ifyouhaveadiskettedrive,followtheprocedurebelow.
Note:IfyourcomputerhasbeensetuptouseRAID,youmustfollowtheprocedurethatusesthediskette
drivetoinstallIntelRapidStorageTechnologyDriver.
Beforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem,installIntelRapidStorageTechnologyDriverasfollows:
Note:BesuretoinstallIntelRapidStorageTechnologyDriverbeforeinstallingtheoperatingsystem.
Otherwiseyourcomputerwillnotrespond;itwillonlydisplayabluescreen.
1.A ttachadiskettedrivetoyourcomputer.
2.CopyIntelRapidStorageTechnologyDriverfromC:\SWT OOLS\DRIVERS\IMSMtoadiskette.
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