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 SATA Controller Driver
for Windows 7.
9. Install device drivers. See "Installing device drivers" on page 79.
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 7 fix module
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.
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