Lenovo 429040 manual Installing Windows, Country or region Code, Select UEFI/Legacy Boot

Country or region: Code

China: SC

Denmark: DK

Finland: FI

France: FR

Germany: GR

Italy: IT

Japan: JP

Netherlands: NL

Netherlands: NL

Norway: NO

Spain: SP

Sweden: SV

Taiwan and Hong Kong: TC

United States: US

Installing Windows 7

Before you start, print these instructions.

To install Windows 7 and its related software on your computer, do as follows:

1.Start the ThinkPad Setup.

2.Select Startup menu.

3.Select UEFI/Legacy Boot.

4.Do one of the following:

•If you want to install the Windows 7 32–bit operating system, select Legacy Only or Both.

•If you want to install the Windows 7 64–bit operating system in Legacy mode, select Legacy Only.

•If you want to install the Windows 7 64–bit operating system in UEFI mode, select UEFI Only.

5.Press F10.

6.To install Windows 7, insert the DVD for Windows 7 into the DVD drive, and install Windows 7 from the DVD. Then restart the computer, and follow the instructions on the screen.

7.Install the Intel Chipset Support for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7. To do this, refer to “Installing Intel Chipset Support for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7” on page 180.

8.Install device drivers. To do this, refer to “Installing drivers and software” on page 181.

Installing Registry Patches for Windows 7

Install the following Registry Patches:

•Registry patch enabling Wake Up on LAN from Standby for Energy Star

•Fix for Issue of HDD with HD Detection

To install these Registry Patches, go to:

http://www.lenovo.com/support

Installing the Windows 7 Update Module Package

The Windows 7 Update Modules are in the following directory:

C:\SWTOOLS\OSFIXES\.

The name of each subfolder is the number of a fix module. For information about each fix module, go to the Microsoft Knowledge Base homepage at http://support.microsoft.com/, type the number of the fix module you need in the search field, and click Search.

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