Lenovo X131E manual Installing the Windows 8 operating system, Installing device drivers

Installing the Windows 7 fix modules

The Windows 7 fix 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.

To install a fix module, run the EXE file in a subfolder and follow the instructions on the screen.

Note: If you remove the hard disk drive from the computer with a single-core processor and install it on a computer with a dual-core processor, you can get access to the hard disk drive. The opposite, however, is not true: If you remove the hard disk drive from a computer with a dual-core processor and install it on a computer with a single-core processor, you cannot get access to the hard disk drive.

Installing the Windows 8 operating system

Before you start, print these instructions.

To install the Windows 8 operating system and its related software on your computer, do the following:

1.Start ThinkPad Setup.

2.Select Startup ➙ Boot.

3.Change the boot priority order to boot your computer from the drive that contains the Windows 8 operating system installer.

4.Press F10.

5.Connect the drive that contains the Windows 8 operating system installer to your computer, and restart the computer.

6.Install the Intel Chipset Support for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8.

7.Install device drivers. See “Installing device drivers” on page 87.

Installing the Windows 8 fix modules

To download and install a Windows 8 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.

Installing device drivers

The device drivers are available at http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers. Click your computer product name to view all the device drivers for your computer.

Attention: Always go to http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers for the latest device drivers. Do not download them from the Windows Update Web site.

Installing the driver for the 4-in-1 media card reader

To use the 4-in-1 media card reader, you need to download and install the Realtek Card Reader Driver from the Lenovo Support Web site at:

http://www.lenovo.com/support

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