Installing Windows 7 - Lenovo ThinkPad X121e User Manual

For the country or region code required in the installation, use one of the following:
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 Intel Chipset Support for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7. See "Installing Intel Chipset Support for
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7" on page 110.
8. Install the necessary device drivers. See "Installing device drivers" on page 108.
Installing Registry Patches for Windows 7
Install the Registry Patche: Registry patch enabling Wake Up on LAN from Standby for Energy Star
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, visit 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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