Installing Or Reinstalling Device Drivers; Solving Recovery Problems - Lenovo 3257A5U User Manual

Installing or reinstalling device drivers

Before installing or reinstalling device drivers, make sure that you have a
preinstalled operating system and the documentation and software media for the
device.
Device drivers for factory-installed devices are located on the computer hard disk
drive (usually drive C:) in the SWTOOLS\DRIVERS subdirectory. The latest device
drivers for factory-installed devices are also available at http://www.lenovo.com/
support. Other device drivers are on the software media that come with individual
devices.
To install or reinstall the device driver for a factory-installed device, do the
following:
1. Turn on the computer.
2. Use Windows Explorer or My Computer to display the directory structure of
3. Go to the C:\SWTOOLS directory.
4. Open the DRIVERS folder. Within the DRIVERS folder, there are several
5. Open the appropriate device subfolder.
6. Do one of the following:

Solving recovery problems

If you are unable to access the Rescue and Recovery workspace or the Windows
environment, do one of the following:
v Use a rescue medium to start the Rescue and Recovery workspace. See "Creating
v Use recovery media if all other methods of recovery have failed and you need to
Note: If you are unable to access the Rescue and Recovery workspace or the
your hard disk drive.
subfolders named for various devices installed in your computer, such as
AUDIO or VIDEO.
v In the device subfolder, look for a SETUP.exe file. Double-click the file and
follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
v In the device subfolder, look for a README.txt file or a file with the .txt
extension. This file might be named after the operating system, such as
WIN98.txt. The TXT file contains information about how to install the device
driver. Follow the instructions to complete the installation.
v If the device subfolder contains a file with the .inf extension and you want to
install the device driver using the INF file, refer to your Windows Help and
Support information system for detailed information about how to install the
device driver.
and using a rescue medium" on page 39.
restore the hard disk drive to the factory default settings. See "Creating and
using recovery media" on page 35.
Windows environment from a rescue medium, a recovery repair diskette, or
recovery media, you might not have the rescue device (an internal hard disk
drive, a disc, a USB hard disk drive, or other external devices) set as the
first boot device in the startup device sequence. You must first make sure
that your rescue device is set as the first boot device in the startup device
sequence in the Setup Utility program. See "Selecting a startup device" on
page 45 for detailed information about temporarily or permanently changing
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