Installing The Windows 8 Operating System; Installing Device Drivers; Installing Driver For The 4-In-1 Media Card Reader; Installing The Driver For Usb 3.0 On The Windows 7 Operating System - Lenovo ThinkPad L430 User Manual

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 109.
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 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 Ricoh Multi Card Reader Driver
from Lenovo Web site at:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers

Installing the driver for USB 3.0 on the Windows 7 operating system

If your computer is installed with the Windows 7 operating system, it supports USB 3.0 functions. To use
the USB 3.0 connectors, you need to download and install the USB 3.0 driver after you reinstalled the
Windows 7 operating system by doing the following:
1. Go to http://www.lenovo.com/support. Find your model and display the driver links.
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