Installing the windows 7 operating system – Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E145 User Manual

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Installing the Windows 7 operating system

Before you start, print these instructions.

To install the Windows 7 operating system and its related software on your computer, do the following:

1. Start ThinkPad Setup.

2. Select Startup.

3. Select UEFI/Legacy Boot.

4. Do one of the following:

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

• If you are going to install the Windows 7 (64–bit) operating system in Legacy mode, select Legacy

Only.

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

5. Press Fn+F10.

6. Insert the Windows 7 operating system installation DVD into the DVD drive, and restart the computer.

7. Restore C:\SWTOOLS from the backup copy you made before starting the installation.

8. Install the ThinkPad AMD SMBus Driver for Windows 7 and the ThinkPad AMD AHCI Controller Driver

for Windows 7.

9. Install device drivers. See “Installing device drivers” on page 81.

Installing the registry patches for Windows 7

Go to http://www.lenovo.com/support and 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

Installing the Windows 8 operating system or the Windows 8.1 operating
system

Before you start, print these instructions.

To install the Windows 8 operating system or the Windows 8.1 operating system, 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 or the Windows 8.1 operating system installer.

4. Press Fn+F10.

5. Connect the drive that contains the Windows 8 operating system or the Windows 8.1 operating system

installer to your computer, and restart the computer.

6. Install device drivers. See “Installing device drivers” on page 81.

Installing the Windows 8 fix module or the Windows 8.1 fix module

To download and install a Windows 8 fix module or the Windows 8.1 fix module, go to the Microsoft
Knowledge Base home page 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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